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• Adriana Hopman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Schuit, Nieuw-en Sint Joosland († 1940)
• Anke Gorter, Sneek († 1872)
• Adriaan Verhagen, Rosmalen († 1948)
• Albertine Sanvitale, Parma, Emilia-Romagna († 1967)
• Alain MARZIOU, Plouzané, 29212, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1932)
• Aart Uitermarkt, Pella, Marion, Iowa († 1951)
• Adelheide JANSEN, Scheffenthum, Kranenburg, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1934)
• "Maximilian" Wilhelm August Albert Karl Gregor Odo von Sachsen, Dresden, Allemagne († 1951)
• Aagje Moritz, Vreeland († 1870)

• Wassink (0), Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafjen Scheerhagen (59), Steenwijk
• Abraham Engelbregtsz van KLAVEREN (1), Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenita Kas (54), Hillegersberg
• Albert Jan Bekman (9), Laren (Gld), Verwolde
• Ariaantje van den Berg (83), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van der Wacht (0), Aarlanderveen
• Arie van Ingen (5), Maassluis, Nederland
• Anna Catharina SEGERS (54)
• Bernardus van Lieshout (65), Valkenswaard

• 1854 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1934)
• 1857 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic († 1932)
• 1866 » Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist († 1912)
• 1868 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic († 1918)
• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)

• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)

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 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on November 17, 1870 was about 6.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.