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Born on Monday August 22, 1870
- Adriana Pleune, Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1919)
- Adriana Pleune, St. Annaland gem. Tholen Zld. NL († 1919)
- Angela Anna Marguerita Maria Josepha Lambo, Antwerpen, Belgie
- Adrianus Gijsbertus van Rossum, Houten († 1927)
- Albert Henri Marie Joseph Morael, Bruges
- Aart Versendaal, Strijen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1873)
- Adriana Rijken, Sprang-Capelle († 1906)
- Aleida Clazina Hoebe, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1896)
- Aafke [Gerrits] DIJKSTRA, Sint Annaparochie, Nederland († 1957)
- Adrianus Cornelis Zuijdervelt, Heusden († 1939)
Died on Monday August 22, 1870
- Adriaan Koole (0), Wissenkerke
- (2) Carolina (Charlotte) Vanwanseele (Van Wansele) (70), Lichtervelde (W-VL) België
- Adriaantje Sloof (0), Charlois
- Adrianus van der WAL Dzn (0), Goedereede, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
- Aaltje Sterenberg (0), Holwierde,Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Pleunis (1), Stramproy (NL)
- Adriaan Koole (0), Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Verbeeren (72), Bouwel Grobbendonk, België
- Anna Cornelia van Dijk (39), Tilburg
- Bastiaan van Dijen (4), Baarn
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 22, 1870 at Delpher
Born on August 22
- 1860 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist († 1940)
- 1860 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk († 1940)
- 1862 » Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer († 1918)
- 1867 » Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor († 1934)
- 1867 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist († 1939)
- 1868 » Willis R. Whitney, American chemist († 1958)
- 1873 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher († 1928)
- 1874 » Max Scheler, German philosopher and author († 1928)
- 1880 » George Herriman, American cartoonist († 1944)
- 1880 » Gorch Fock, German author and poet († 1916)
Died on August 22
- 1828 » Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
- 1850 » Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (b. 1802)
- 1861 » Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
- 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
- 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
- 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
- 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
- 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
- 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
- 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
Names that were popular for boys in 1870
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Klaas
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1870
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Aaltje
- Wilhelmina
- Neeltje
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Antje
- Jacoba
- Petronella
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.
- February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
- July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
- 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.
- August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 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.
Weather August 22, 1870
The temperature on August 22, 1870 was about 18.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.