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• Anna Willemina Vermeulen, Heerewaarden († 1950)
• Antonie de Jong, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
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• Arend van der Gronden, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1950)
• adèle sidonie GALLEZ, Quaregnon (Belgium) Hainaut
• Anna Maria Kemps, Best († 1944)
• Anna Johanna Bunge, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1871)
• Hartloper, Hellevoetsluis, Nederland († 1870)
• Elisabeth Zijlmans, Waspik († 1871)
• Antonio Teixeira Boavista, Portugal († 1950)

• Albertus Beunink (48), Zenderen, 7625, Nederland
• Annegje Hendriks Snijder (87), Weststellingwerf
• Anna Rijneke (76), zevenhuizen (zuid holland)
• ADRIANA VAN TUIL (0), Ingen
• Aafke Annes De Boer (68), Opsterland,Friesland,Nederland
• Adrianus Offers (0), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Anna Reineker (77), Zevenhuizen, Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aafje Mol (75), Oosterleek
• Anna Rijneker (77), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus STURKENBOOM (52), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

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%.