About the day » Monday December 12, 1870Calender converter

• * Johannes (1) Baars, Kockengen, Utrecht, NL († 1871)
• Adriaan de Regt, Hoek († 1955)
• Albertus Aben, Cuijk &, Sint Agatha († 1871)
• Adrianus van Assouw († 1871)
• Adriana Hermina Kunen, Ginneken en Bavel
• Aafje van der Gracht, Hoogwoud († 1871)
• Aaltje Sjoerds de Jong, St Johannesga, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Buitenhuis, Veessen (Heerde) († 1947)
• Schreuder, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 1870)
• Aafje (Gracht) van der Gragt, Hoogwoud, Opmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Albert Post (20), Magele, den Ham (20jr)
• (26), Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
• Anna Margaretha Cremers (63), Heel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Annetje de Jong (32), Katwijk
• Anna Katharina Dupont (40), Deventer
• Anselm Anthonie René van Mailly-Nesle Graaf van Châlons (43), Slag bij Châteaudun
• Adrianus van OSTADEN (67), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne PELLETRET (66), Velet, 70529, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• Abraham Westfall Kuykendall II (100), Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Gebben (56), Usa

• 1845 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis († 1903)
• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1866 » Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1870 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company († 1912)
• 1876 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner († 1928)
• 1881 » Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author († 1966)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Edward G. Robinson, American actor († 1973)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)

• 1817 » Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
• 1843 » William I of the Netherlands (b. 1772)
• 1858 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.