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• Adrianus van Weert, Boxtel († 1951)
• Adriaantje Ottevanger, Zevenhuizen (zuid-holland)
• Aartje van Loenen, Hoogland
• Adriana Johanna Bernarda van DOREMALEN, Oerle († 1946)
• Achille ROTSAERT, Zuienkerke, 31042, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1870)
• Albert Rinehart Marquardt, Carver, Minnesota († 1935)
• Aartje van Loen, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Achille VANCOPPENOLLE, Wortegem,9790,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Kuiper, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberdina Margrietha Boer, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1945)

• Berend Jan Poelarends (0), Eerde, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje van de Haar (0), Utrecht
• Antje Bosma (39), Gerkesklooster, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Wilhelmina Cornelia van Luijn (1), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Bernardina van Holt, Ruhrort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Auerdina Jakoba Ras (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Pieter van Saarloos (0), den helder (noord holland)
• Antje Klaassens Boukema (77), Leermens (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Bauke Pieters van der Ploeg (68), Tietjerk
• Antje Klaassens Boukuma (78), Leermens

• 1855 » Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman († 1919)
• 1857 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist († 1929)
• 1859 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly († 1939)
• 1862 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general († 1933)
• 1863 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company († 1947)
• 1872 » Princess Clémentine of Belgium († 1955)
• 1881 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1940)
• 1890 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager († 1975)
• 1893 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician († 1967)
• 1898 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator († 1986)

• 1811 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (b. 1753)
• 1832 » Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (b. 1763-4)
• 1870 » Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)
• 1889 » Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
• 1898 » Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
• 1900 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
• 1912 » Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)

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.
• February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on July 30, 1870 was about 24.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.