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• Albertus Lambregts, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Antje Pietersdr Jonker, St Maarten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Adriana Cornelia van Meer, Princenhage, NL († 1874)
• Annetje Maria Rous, Voorhout († 1881)
• Aleida Meijnen, Aalten († 1938)
• Anna Hendrika EGER, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1927)
• Antje Pieterdr Jonker, Sint Maarten, Noord Holland († 1932)
• Antonia Hoogland, Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1872)
• Aleida Geertruida Meijnen, Aalten, NL († 1959)
• Adriana van Nes, Charlois, Nederland

• Antonia van Liebergen (50), Oss
• Adriaan van Bavel (48), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Antony Wessel AALDERS (66), Lichtenvoorde, Oost Gelre (NL)
• Anna Maria Theresia Weckhuysen, Langdorp, 3201, België
• Aaltje Harmens Jonkers (28), smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antony Wessel Aalders (66), Lichtenvoorde, Nederland
• Antonius Wenceslaus (Antonij Wessel) aalders (66), lichtenvoorde
• Alphonsus Joannes Baptista Josephus GILLIS (0), Reet, Rumst, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Antonius Govaerts (72), Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgie
• Antje Bockes (Bookes, Boekes) de Boer (62), Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)
• 1863 » Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer († 1935)
• 1869 » Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1875 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist († 1899)
• 1878 » Hans Carossa, German author and poet († 1956)
• 1885 » Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic († 1971)

• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)

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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

The temperature on December 15, 1870 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.