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• Anna Kruize
• Adriaan Jacobus Baden, Zuidzande, Nederland
• ?? Heeremans, Velsen-,, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas
• Engelsma, Franekeradeel († 1870)
• Anna Cornelia van Rooij, Goirle
• Anna Cornelia van Rooij, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Albertjan Thurkow, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Abé, Charleroi, Belgique († 1875)
• Antonie Oomens, Gilze en Rijen († 1960)
• Anna Barbara Heuvels, Maastricht, LI, Netherlands († 1946)

• Aagje Timmerman (63), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Fransen (58), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna Hendrika Ligtelijn (32), Tiel, Gelderland, Tiel, Nederland
• Hop (0), Harderwijk
• Anna Margrieta Bakker (71), Uithuizen
• ANNA MARIA KNUBBEN (62), Hulsberg
• Adriana van Ekris (0), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annika Nilsdotter (77), Grundsund (O)
• Adriana Cornelia Fransen (57), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna Oorbach (73), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1866 » Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist († 1930)
• 1870 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician († 1933)
• 1870 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian († 1958)
• 1870 » Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet († 1925)
• 1878 » C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India († 1972)
• 1882 » Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher († 1945)
• 1882 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1950)
• 1883 » Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician († 1968)
• 1885 » Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic († 1973)
• 1885 » Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor († 1967)

• 1831 » Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1850 » François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1850 » Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1865 » Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)

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.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• 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 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on December 10, 1870 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.