About the day » Thursday March 3, 1870Calender converter

• Andrew Michael Kreuzer, Buffalo, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1951)
• Alvina Sophia BRUIL, Zelhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1952)
• (Stillborn) FABER († 1870)
• Adriaan Joseph van der Henst, Overpelt (B) († 1928)
• Aletta Hermina Maria Goosselink, Stad Delden, Ov, Nederland († 1951)
• Alida Braamhorst, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1944)
• Albertus Gerardus Koopmans, Tubbergen († 1945)
• Aaltje de Vries, Obergum (Winsum), Groningen, Nederland († 1871)
• Aleida Maria van Welie, Dreumel († 1934)
• Adriana Maria van Hoof, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)

• Anna Jacoba de Jonge (78), Schoondijke, Sluis, Zeeland, Ned
• Albertus Rutgeruszn. van BEEK (67), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aarjen de Groot (37), Beemster
• (Stillborn) FABER (0)
• Aaltje van de Laar (76), Gorinchem
• Abraham Roza (75), Hamburg (USA)
• Annechien - Martens Kremer (78), Zuidbroek {GR}
• Anna Maria Claus (73), Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Krook (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Friends (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1860 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager († 1925)
• 1866 » Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago († 1914)
• 1868 » Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist († 1951)
• 1869 » Henry Wood, English conductor († 1944)
• 1871 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist († 1957)
• 1873 » William Green, American union leader and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1880 » Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1946)
• 1882 » Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman († 1949)
• 1882 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter († 1974)

• 1792 » Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)

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. Elizabeth

• 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 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.

The temperature on March 3, 1870 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.