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July 17, 1870Died on Monday July 18, 1870
- Amand Frdric Alphonse ROELANTS (67), Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
- Arij de Jong (66), Nieuw-Lekkerland
- Anna Catharina Maria van den Hoek (21), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Albert KIERS (55), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Albert Kiers (55), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Berend van Brussel (3), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
- Adriana Campfens (33), Herkingen
- Bernard Heinrich Brinkmann (6), Dersum, Steinbild
- Adriaan Heijstek (9), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Margaretha van Straten (0), Gorinchem, Z-Holl,NL
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 18, 1870 at Delpher
Born on July 18
- 1853 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
- 1861 » Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree († 1923)
- 1864 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1937)
- 1867 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist († 1932)
- 1871 » Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)
- 1871 » Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer († 1946)
- 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)
- 1884 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal († 1979)
- 1886 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general († 1945)
- 1887 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway († 1945)
Died on July 18
- 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
- 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
- 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
- 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
- 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
- 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
- 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
- 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
- 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
- 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
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.
- January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
- February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
- 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 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
- August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- 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.
The weather on Monday July 18, 1870
The temperature on July 18, 1870 was about 20.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI