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• Adrianus Roovers, Chaam, Nederland († 1960)
• Aaltje Teyes de Jong, Oudega, Gemeente Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Allegonda Francisca Hendriks, Arnhem Dienstbode († 1940)
• Adriana Anna Maria Herpt van, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• André NAMUR, Onnaing, 59447, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• * Gerrit de Koning, Hoogblokland († 1949)
• Alexander Fitzroy St. Clair-Erskine, London, England († 1914)
• Adriana Koster, Nisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1870)
• Adam Knijn, Sint Pancras († 1958)
• Adrianus Marinus Bernhard, Dordrecht († 1872)

• Adolf Schmidt (0), Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aartje van de Graaf (84), Nijmegen
• Aartje Hendriksen van Heiwegen (62), Nijkerk
• Aaltje Westerink (0), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Graaf (84), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Looijesteijn (14), Wassenaar
• Aaltje Faber (0), Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Heijwegen (62), Nijkerk
• adrianus van gorcum (53), waalwijk
• Adriaan van Gorkom (53), Waalwijk

• 1854 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1858 » Ethel Smyth, English composer († 1944)
• 1860 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress († 1916)
• 1870 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia († 1924)
• 1872 » Princess Margaret of Prussia († 1954)
• 1873 » Ellen Glasgow, American author († 1945)
• 1876 » Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman († 1920)
• 1876 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1884 » Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic († 1939)

• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)

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. Albert

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.
• January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• 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.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on April 22, 1870 was about 21.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.