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• Albert Lewÿ, Scinawa, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Adriana Groeneveld, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Lancee, Utrecht († 1956)
• Aart Baas, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Agatha RIJPMA, Wymbritseradeel(Friesland)
• Adriana Lokerse, 's-Gravenpolder
• Adriana Petronella Oomen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Catharina van Hommerich, Bocholtz († 1897)
• adriaan de moor, drongelen († 1956)
• Alfred Ernest Clark, Morpeth, Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia († 1958)

• Abraham Louwerse (7), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• * Wouter Baars (0), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adriana van Moergestel (79), Waspik, Provincie Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs EISENGA (55), Eanjum (Anjum), East-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Bergh (89), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Strick (66), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Akke Gaatzes (2) Tulp (55), ,, Oenkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aafje VLOED (38), Zaandam
• Akke Jacobs de Vries (65), Wunseradiel, Sudwest-Fryslan, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aafje Trouwborst (0), Gouderak

• 1861 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author († 1937)
• 1866 » Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher († 1938)
• 1869 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor († 1884)
• 1870 » Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer († 1922)
• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)
• 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
• 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)

• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)

• 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 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).
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on February 12, 1870 was about -4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.