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• Johannes Gabes Langhout, Beers († 1876)
• Beije, Kerkwerve
• András Áron, Velky Saris, Presovsky, Slovakia
• Alexandrina Maria Odilia Hubertine Dijkmans, Amerongen
• Abraham Francke, Meliskerke († 1935)
• Albertus De Mol, Ninove († 1953)
• ... Lobbrecht, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Albert Bakkenes, Barneveld-Garderbroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Christina Timmers, Haarlem († 1871)
• Allynn D Hayworth, Prairieton, Vigo County, Indiana († 1938)

• de Lepper (0), Son en Breugel
• Eduardus van Hecke (17), Koewacht
• Albert Cent Schonewille (82), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Elizabeth van der Ent (0), rhoon (zuid holland)
• Aaltjen Agterhorst Achterhorst (38), Usselo (Lonneker)
• Antonetta Bergen (54), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Adrianus Adriaanszn Rijken (67), Bladel Noord Brabant Nederland
• Arie Kooijmans, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (NLD)
• Albert Johannes Stouwie (65), Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Arie KOOIJMANS (23)

• 1848 » Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation († 1919)
• 1850 » Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician († 1908)
• 1866 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China († 1925)
• 1872 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer († 1947)
• 1881 » Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1881 » Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect († 1948)
• 1886 » Ben Travers, English author and playwright († 1980)
• 1886 » Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer († 1975)
• 1889 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1981)
• 1890 » Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater († 1974)

• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)

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 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
• 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 November 12, 1870 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.