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• Adriana Bouwens, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)
• Folkert Bruining, Drogeham
• Albertje Termeer, Avezaath
• Daenen, Johannes Antonius Paulus, Zwolle († 1933)
• Angelina-Carolina VOGELS, Alphen en Riel(Nl) († 1918)
• de Vries, Oosternijkerk († 1870)
• Angelina Carolina Vogels, Alphen en Riel († 1918)
• Alphonsus Steenbergh, Gelrode
• Abel Bentum, Windeweer, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1918)
• Aagje Boots, Spanbroek, Nederland († 1943)

• Anna Maria Reijners (38), Sint-Huibrechts-Lille
• Adriana Bogers (72), Oosterhout
• Adrienne Marie Mathilde Roseline de Villeneuve (43), Paris
• Adrienne Marie Mathilde Roseline de Villeneuve-Bargemon (43), Paris, Seine, France
• Anna Elisabeth WOUTERS (75), Tongerlo, 2260, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• de Vries (0), Oosternijkerk
• Adriaan Nieuwkoop (20), Eethen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Jansz van den Berg (70), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Wouters (75), Tongerlo, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Kuipers, blija

• 1855 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator († 1924)
• 1858 » Charlotte Scott, English mathematician († 1931)
• 1859 » Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist († 1947)
• 1860 » Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
• 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
• 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)
• 1875 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper († 1958)
• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)

• 1831 » Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

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.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour 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.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

The temperature on June 8, 1870 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.