About the day » Monday May 23, 1870Calender converter

• Abel Willems MEIJWES, Schildwolde, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• VERMANDEL, Philippine(ZE) († 1870)
• Antonius Hekspoor, Vlijmen († 1964)
• Arentje Kreeft, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
• Albert Janszn. van Wijk, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1940)
• Albert Zwiers, Huissen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Anna Maria Tuijtelaars, Hilvarenbeek († 1872)
• Antonie Lodewijks, Amsterdam († 1872)
• Anna Maria Schoenmakers, Baarle-Nassau († 1930)
• ?? Loots, Enkhuizen († 1870)

• Anna Maria Wammes (62), Culemborg
• Aaltien Hoiting (75), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Pieternella de Meulmeester (0), Noordwelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alexander CAMERON (69), Camerons Mills, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada
• Anna Veldhoen (0), Brielle
• Antje Klaver (0), Heerhugowaard
• Adriana Maria Darté (1), Rotterdam
• Anna Margaretha Smeets (0), Roermond
• Albert Antonijsen (54), Amsterdam
• Albertien Ket (5), Utrecht

• 1855 » Isabella Ford, English author and activist († 1924)
• 1861 » József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter († 1927)
• 1863 » Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect († 1930)
• 1864 » William O'Connor, American fencer († 1939)
• 1865 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil († 1942)
• 1875 » Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist († 1966)
• 1882 » William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter († 1960)
• 1883 » Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1939)
• 1884 » Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer († 1965)
• 1887 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist († 1963)

• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on May 23, 1870 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.