About the day » Friday December 9, 1870Calender converter

• Aartje BROERE, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth († 1894)
• Alfred Maria Fortunatus Franziskus Caesar Graf von Oberndorff, Edingen († 1963)
• Anna Tas, Pijnacker († 1941)
• Antonius Marinus Schakenraad, Berlicum
• Anna Eulalia Maria CLINCKEMAILLIE, Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 1949)
• Antonia Petronella Tervoort, Velsen († 1874)
• (l.l.) Schoonhoven, IJsselmuiden († 1870)
• Aaltje Crielaard, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Anna Phillips Cochran, New York, United States († 1943)
• Alexander Coenraad August Heemskerck, van, Djogdjakarta

• Alex M. Federspiel (3), Lockport, Erie, New York, United States
• Bernard Stokkentreef (12), Hertme, gem. Borne
• Anna Marie Rönnecke (1), Zilly (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt)
• Alexander Yule (35), Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Arnolda van Koolwijk (65), Afferden
• Aaltje Everts van Ommen (77), Kampen
• Adriana Mertens (74), Oosterhout
• Anna Maria VAN HAEGENBERGH (82), Hingene,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aloïcius Lodevicus Mampaey (0), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Boer (8), Steenwijk

• 1861 » Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist († 1929)
• 1867 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author († 1951)
• 1868 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)

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 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

The temperature on December 9, 1870 was about 1.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.