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• Ada Wells, school teacher, Philo Twp, Champaign Co., IL († 1932)
• Antonius Vanzeebrouck, Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana Jansen, Bergen op Zoom († 1872)
• Anna Maria van de Wiel, Vlijmen († 1938)
• Albert Legacy, Princeton, Washington, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Gerardus Hellendoorn, Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1898)
• Abraham Bastiaansz Heijndijk, Charlois
• Antje Klazes de Vries, Lemmer († 1906)
• Anna Catharina Geldhof, Utrecht
• Adrianus Kranendonk, Ridderkerk († 1957)

• Abraham van Wuijckhuijse (45), Aardenburg
• Alexandrine Victoire LADSOUS (80), Pecq,7740,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Albert BRUIN (36), Noordzee
• Aagje van Bennekom (2), Oud-Beijerland, Nederland
• Jan Lodewijk Standhardt (79), Steenwijk
• Adolf Pomper (45), Wildervank
• Aaltje Gerritse Buter (56), Monnickendam
• Aletta Jacoba Francina PICCARDT (81), Zutphen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana SNEEP (42), Standdaarbuiten
• Abraham van Wuijckhuise (45), Aardenburg

• 1860 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary († 1939)
• 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician († 1937)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)
• 1882 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator († 1940)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

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 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.

The temperature on February 22, 1870 was about -0.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.