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• Adriana Dingena van Straaten, Rotterdam († 1929)
• Aldert Läkamp, Zuidbroek († 1907)
• Aaltje van der Drift, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Aldert Läkamp, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands († 1907)
• Adriana Maria Teurlings, Rotterdam († 1903)
• Anna Catharina Josepha WOLTERS, Landgraaf, Limburg, Netherlands († 1952)
• Aldert Läkamp, Zuidbroek 26
• Albert Burgers, Brummen-Eerbeek († 1870)
• Adriana ROSENGARTEN, Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adalbert Johan Anthonie Graaf Hadik van Futak, Pavlovce-nad-Uhom, Oost-Slowakije († 1912)

• Clasina Maria Zijlmans (0), Raamsdonkveer
• Arie Korporaal (47), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Majoor (0), Laren,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mees (89), Schoterland, Fr. NL
• Antonia van Nistelrooij, Nuland
• Arend Voorzee (0), Sappemeer
• Abraham Cappon (31), Cadzand
• Antonia Manschot, Lichtenvoorde (Gd)
• Aaltje Willems Vorsthof (58), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Apolonia Catharina Fruijtier (69), Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1856 » Tom O'Rourke, American boxer and manager († 1938)
• 1857 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1868 » Sumner Paine, American target shooter († 1904)
• 1869 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer († 1944)
• 1877 » Robert Hamilton, Scottish international footballer († 1948)
• 1881 » Joe Forshaw, American runner († 1964)
• 1881 » Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author († 1922)
• 1882 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor († 1963)
• 1883 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear († 1962)
• 1884 » Oskar Rosenfeld, Jewish-Austrian writer and Holocaust victim (d.1944)

• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
• 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (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.
• January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

The temperature on May 13, 1870 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.