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• Antje Engels, Foxhol gem. Hoogezand († 1943)
• Anna Tuinenburg, Gouderak († 1953)
• Antje Quak, Rozenburg, 3181, Nederland
• Aaltjen Brandsma, Steenwijkerland († 1942)
• Andries Boonstra, De Wilp († 1893)
• Anna Tuinenburg, Gouderak († 1953)
• Andries Pieters Boonstra, De Wilp, Groningen, Nederland († 1893)
• Anna Engelbertha Alida Baaten, Almelo († 1907)
• Anna Steinhagen, Fährdorf (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel († 1932)
• Adrianus de Jong, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)

• Arie van Dam (74), Lekkerkerk
• Agnes van Loon (73), Oss
• Augustus Pateer (26), Arnhem
• Arendje Jobs BerCkel (81), Rozenburg
• Arendje Berkel (81), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna DuBois (68)
• Andreas Harms HUIZINGA (43), Zuidbroek Groningen Netherlands
• Arendje Jobsd Berkel (81), Rozenburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Groenendijk (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Aaltjen J. WIGMANNINK (78), Holten, Gemeente Rijssen-Holten, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1853 » Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer († 1929)
• 1862 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author († 1900)
• 1870 » Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic († 1945)
• 1872 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean († 1967)
• 1873 » Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece († 1946)
• 1874 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician († 1948)
• 1876 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player († 1914)
• 1878 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author († 1952)
• 1879 » Edward Hennig, American gymnast († 1960)
• 1880 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author († 1932)

• 1825 » Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (b. 1756)
• 1841 » Patrick Campbell, Scottish admiral (b. 1773)
• 1869 » Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French poet, author, and critic (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher and author (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Samuel Freeman Miller, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1816)
• 1904 » Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (b. 1870)
• 1905 » Henry Irving, English actor and manager (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1849)
• 1911 » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (b. 1867)
• 1917 » Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)

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.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

The temperature on October 13, 1870 was about 11.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 45 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.