• Annigje Drent, Steenwijk († 1931)
• Aaltje Moesker, Bonnerveen († 1926)
• Abrahamina des Amorie van der Hoeven, (UT) Utrecht († 1940)
• Anna Carolina COURT, Ploembon Cheribon Dutch East Indies (Cirebon West Java Indonesia) († 1954)
• Anna Schipper, Oud Beijerland († 1940)
• Adrianus de Coninck, Klundert, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1872)
• - Smit, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1870)
• Alice May Traves, the family home in Pulaski Township, Jackson County, MI († 1934)
• Ringelberg, Elkerzee (Zeeland) NL
• Anna Elisabeth Otten, Halle-Booienhoven, België († 1897)

• ?? van Dijken (0), (DR) Exloërveen
• Abraham Bril (75), Zuidzande, Zeeland, NL
• Adrianus FRANCKEN (75), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Witteman (73), IJsselstein
• Adrianus Francken (75), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Pruppers (74), Strucht, Schin op Geul
• Aize Wiegers (ayse) van der Veen (95), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kroese (8), Westzaan
• Anna Leontina BROBERG (3)
• Alje Jans Elema (71), Bedum

• 1855 » Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna († 1908)
• 1859 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)

• 1806 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and translator (b. 1717)
• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Albert
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. Elizabeth

• 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.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

The temperature on February 19, 1870 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.