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• Aagje Schouten-, Oudorp, Nederland († 1885)
• Agnes Helena Brüne, Leiden († 1893)
• Aafje Dijkman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Abraham Aldertsz Ploeger, Alkmaar, Nederland († 1872)
• Adriana Randewijk, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1872)
• Anna Leister Dannehower
• Aagje Schouten, Oudorp, NH, Nederland († 1885)
• de Jonge, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maatman, Harfsen († 1949)
• Aafje Dijkman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)

• Aloyse JUNCKER (44), Burnhaupt-le-Haut, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Ana Policena de Sá (34), Batatais, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje (Aleida) Weijers (54), Hummelo
• Anna Albertina de Bruijn (6), Hulst
• (2) Joannes Klaase Konijn (81), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Havinga (Havenga) (59), Pella, Marion County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Graftdijk (31), Amsterdam
• ADRIANA DOLPHINA BOELE (20), ALBLASSERDAM
• Anna Catharina Hendrickx (74), Velden, Li.NL
• Aagje Reitzes Bosma (62), Oldeboorn

• 1848 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1907)
• 1852 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1868 » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player († 1949)
• 1869 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist († 1946)
• 1874 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1955)
• 1877 » Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist († 1936)
• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)
• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1885 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter († 1939)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)

• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)

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.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• 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.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

The temperature on February 24, 1870 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.