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• ESSENBERG, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1870)
• Adriana Overduijn, Den Haag
• Adriana Margaretha Johanna Overduijn, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Wouterse, Vlissingen
• Aagje Steeneveld, Stompwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Albert Vos, Alteveer (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1939)
• Aaltje Baas, Ameide,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adriana Francina van der Kuil, Pernis
• Aafje Klous, Assendelft († 1929)
• Alfred Debussy, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

• Addo Harms Stuur (68), Nieuw Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Elstgeest (41), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Lieftink (74), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alje Jans Elema (70), Bedum
• Jansen, Oudenbosch
• Andries Andries(sen) HOEBEN (77), Den Helder
• Adriana van der Loo (55), Oisterwijk
• Adriana RODENBURG (84), Vrijenban
• Afien Wyndelts GROOTH (81), Nieuwe (Boven) Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Bassant (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1856 » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia († 1920)
• 1866 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager († 1940)
• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)
• 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)
• 1886 » Andy Ducat, English international footballer (forward and manager) and Cricketer († 1942)
• 1887 » Kathleen Clifford, American actress († 1962)

• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 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 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on February 16, 1870 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.