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• Alijda Gouw, Amersfoort († 1875)
• Adrianus van den Heuvel, Tilburg
• Aetske Wybes Boonstra, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Pieter DIK, Klundert
• Arie van Diepen, Hoogwoud, Opmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriana Kavelaar, Oud Beijerland († 1961)
• Antonia Maria Marcelisse, Oosterhout († 1945)
• Aaltjen Klein Lebbink, Harfsen (Lochem) († 1951)
• Anna Maria Linders, Escharen, Grave († 1877)
• Annie A Cross, Cross, Berkeley, South Carolina († 1875)

• Allegonda Hes (1), Oss
• Anna Clara Boddong (14), Ubach over Worms (Broekhuizen)
• Aagtje Kroon (43), Castricum
• van Wijk (0), Zoelen (GL)
• Adriana Johanna Josina Bogaert (73), Hulst Nederland
• Albert Beerds van Loo (64), Doornspijk, Nederland
• "Pauline" Julie Marie Gonthyn (44), Gand, Belgique
• Anna Maartendr Dijkshoorn (72), Vlaardinger Ambacht
• amerensia HUIJSMAN (49), sprang
• Anna (Antje) Koole (81), Nieuwkoop

• 1861 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress († 1931)
• 1868 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author († 1927)
• 1869 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan († 1932)
• 1870 » Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer († 1936)
• 1871 » Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet († 1914)
• 1871 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1872 » Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general († 1922)
• 1872 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1934)
• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)

• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)

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.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

The temperature on May 6, 1870 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.