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• Adrianus Cornelis Hardus, Bergen op Zoom
• Aaldert Kreuzen, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1871)
• Achille Victor MAKA, Quaregnon,7390,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Andries van Mastbergen, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1934)
• Adrianus van Tilborg, Dussen († 1942)
• Adriana Twigt, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Aaldert Kreuzen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1871)
• achille victor MAKA, Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Adriana Twigt, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel,Gemeente Zuidplas,South Holland,Netherlands
• *levenloos* zoon van Jan Jacobsz (*1840) Lammers, Wemeldinge († 1870)

• Anna Maria Le Comte (61)
• Niesing (0), Gieten
• Antonia ADEGEEST (0), Pijnacker
• Bernadus Johannes Bouwman (2), Gaanderen, Nederland
• Antonia Adegeest (0), Pijnacker
• Baukjen Gerbens Hartmans (69), Hindeloopen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie van den Ende (45), 's Gravenzande
• Bernardina Cornelia van Nes (23), Boskoop
• Aleida Naber (68), Teich, Saarland, Germany
• Abraham B "Squire Abe" Beery (51), Rush Creek, Fairfield, Ohio, United States

• 1858 » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist († 1922)
• 1863 » Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden († 1955)
• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)

• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Aaltje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Neeltje
12. Trijntje
13. Grietje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on January 7, 1870 was about 7.3 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.