About the day » Monday December 19, 1870Calender converter

• Alvin Ludwig, Lancaster Pennsylvania († 1926)
• Adrianus Oomen, Well,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigje BROEK, Kampen Friesland Netherlands († 1949)
• Anthonius Johannes Huibers, Megen, Haren en Macharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Lagendijk, Oost-Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Adrianus Hamers, Goirle († 1955)
• Adriana Cornelia Wijngaards, Princenhage († 1915)
• Anna Huijer, Zwolle († 1942)
• alida VERMAAT, rozenburg († 1943)
• Anna Hindche Philipson, Avereest (NL) († 1902)

• Alfred Marie Désiré de LANGE (32), Saint-Gilles, 21013, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Adrianus VERDONK (2), Veldhoven, 4305, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Elizabeth de Neef (12), Heenvliet
• Aaltje Pouwer (70), Middelburg
• Anne Maria Louisa IRBY (78)
• Auke de Graaf (25), Spaarndam
• ALIDA VELLEKOOP (0), HILLEGERSBERG
• Antonia Bekink (4), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Vellekoop (0), Hillegersberg
• Berend H. Pennings (84), Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1853 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec († 1942)
• 1861 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright († 1928)
• 1863 » Wallace Bryant, American archer († 1953)
• 1865 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright († 1932)
• 1873 » Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer († 1913)
• 1875 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month († 1950)
• 1875 » Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician († 1962)
• 1875 » Mileva Marić, Serbian physicist († 1948)
• 1876 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author († 1961)
• 1884 » Antonín Zápotocký, Czech politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic († 1957)

• 1813 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
• 1819 » Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
• 1851 » Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter (b. 1775)
• 1878 » Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)
• 1915 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1927 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)

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.
• February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• 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.
• 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 December 19, 1870 was about 8.5 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.