About the day » Saturday February 19, 1870Calender converter
February 20, 1870 
February 18, 1870
Born on Saturday February 19, 1870
- adhémar françois BOUTRY, Wasmuël (Belgium) Hainaut
- Abrahamina Des Amorie van der Hoeven, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1940)
- - Smit, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1870)
- Anna Carolina COURT, Ploembon Cheribon Dutch East Indies (Cirebon West Java Indonesia) († 1954)
- Andrew Simeon McMurry, North Carolina († 1958)
- Aartje Fitskie, Nijkerk
- (m) Benfer, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1870)
- Alvin Amos Tharp, Tennessee († 1948)
- Aaltje Kraaima, Adorp, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
- Adrianus de Coninck, Klundert, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1872)
Died on Saturday February 19, 1870
- Adrianus Verzandvoort, Den Dungen
- Aafke Douwes Hiemstra (34), Hantumhuizen, Westdongeradeel, FRI, Nederland
- Anna Leontina BROBERG (3)
- ?? van Dijken (0), (DR) Exloërveen
- Andries Witteman, IJsselstein
- Adrianus Kroese (8), Westzaan, Gemeente Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alje Jans Elema (71), Bedum
- Aalbert_Hendriksen Wilgenburg (76), Ermelo
- Vunderink (0), Deventer
- "Dirk" Beerdsz Hoksbergen (69), Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 19, 1870 at Delpher
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Surinaamsche courant en Gouvernements advertentie blad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
Born on February 19
- 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)
Died on February 19
- 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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1870
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Franciscus
- Joseph
- Dirk
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1870
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Aaltje
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Helena
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1870
- 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 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
- 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.
- September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
- October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
- November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
- December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
The weather on Saturday February 19, 1870
The temperature on February 19, 1870 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI