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• Alida Maria Gerarda Voet, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobus Edelenbos(ch), Enkhuizen († 1890)
• Aloysius Schoof, Zuiddorpe († 1885)
• Adriana Ton, 's-Gravenzande († 1873)
• Almeda Olepha Reynolds, New York († 1900)
• Albertina Jacoba van der Flier, Heemstede († 1951)
• Anna Geertruida Voll, Makassar, Zuid-Celebes († 1930)
• Anna de Raad-, Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland († 1896)
• Aartje van de Bospoort, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Jan ter Weele, Wierden († 1950)

• Cornelia Roos (67), Stellendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clazina Brand (68), Brakel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Terwogt (17), Utrecht, Nederland
• Caroline Philippine Hartwig (85), Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Moes* (0), Rolde
• Anna Gertrudis Reinders (65), Wijlre
• Cornelia Roos (67), Stellendam
• Cornelia ROOS Cdr (67), Stellendam, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Abraham Wisse (9)
• Carolina Philippina Henrietta HARTWICH (90), Rijswijk

• 1861 » Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 1909)
• 1861 » Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian († 1918)
• 1862 » Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher († 1930)
• 1868 » Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina († 1942)
• 1874 » John Ellis, English executioner († 1932)
• 1876 » Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist († 1960)
• 1877 » Razor Smith, English cricketer († 1946)
• 1879 » Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer († 1948)
• 1880 » Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. († 1946)
• 1881 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal († 1948)

• 1851 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)

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.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on October 4, 1870 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.