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• Anna Cornelia van Dixhoorn, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)
• Andries de Jonge, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1878)
• Adrianus Gravekamp, Rotterdam († 1871)
• Álvaro Pinto Simões, Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aleida Snijders, Vossebelt (Dalen) († 1956)
• Adrianus Gravekamp, Rotterdam († 1871)
• Anna Gertrud Gelissen, Roetgen, Duitsland († 1956)
• Adrianus van der Minne, Heinenoord
• Aart van Maastrigt, Zoelen († 1943)
• Albert NIJMEIJER, Brunsting (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1870)

• Antonius Timmermans (0), Helvoirt
• Adriaan van 't Veer (58), Kapelle
• Anna van DORST (76), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Heijnen, gastel
• (l.l.) Schreuders (0), Werkendam
• AlmaAlmira Hills (63), Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Hendrik Dijkhuis, Midwolda
• August Wilhelm Becker (32)
• Anna van Dorst (76)
• Adriana van Eersel (49), 's Gravenmoer

• 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
• 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)
• 1865 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1866 » Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1937)
• 1868 » August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi († 1951)
• 1868 » Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines († 1914)
• 1872 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator († 1958)
• 1874 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager († 1942)
• 1875 » Aleister Crowley, English magician and author († 1947)
• 1878 » Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower († 1956)

• 1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1858 » Hiroshige, Japanese painter (b. 1797)
• 1870 » Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)

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 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

The temperature on October 12, 1870 was about 11.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.