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• Barbara Jipping, Annerveen (Anloo) († 1897)
• Annetta (Ann) Querilo, Genoa († 1954)
• Elisabeth Zijlmans, Waspik († 1871)
• Arthur J. McKee, Champaign, Ohio († 1904)
• Aagje Dekker, de Rijp († 1908)
• Arend van der Gronden, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Maria Kemps, Best († 1944)
• Anna Wilhelmina Vermeulen, Heerewaarden
• Arie Schinkel, Ijsselstein, Netherlands († 1872)
• Alexander Frederik Pijloo, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie

• Annegje Hendriks Snijder (87), Weststellingwerf
• Angelina Ruijters (58), Stevensweerd 33
• Anna Reijneke (77), Zevenhuizen, Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Van Tuil (0), Lienden
• Aaltje Nijkamp (57), Bathmen
• Aafke Annes de Boer (68), Lippenhuizen
• Anna Rijneker (77), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Willemijntje Kuper (69), Steenwijk
• Anneke van Rijswijk (66), Veen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Marianna Hilner (65), Dantumadeel

• 1860 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco († 1937)
• 1864 » Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor († 1954)
• 1872 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1873 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education († 1936)
• 1874 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon († 1937)
• 1877 » Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author († 1967)
• 1878 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. († 1966)
• 1878 » Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1880 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach († 1957)

• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)

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.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on December 31, 1870 was about -4.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.