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• AALTJE WAGENVOORT, Heerde
• Andrew Sheppard Ray, Cadeville, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States († 1947)
• Aaltje Christina Duits, Barneveld († 1929)
• Adriana Haverkamp, Dinteloord,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Bosch, van den, Arnhem Gld. NL († 1870)
• Anna Maria Vossen, Roggel († 1928)
• Adriaan DeVriend, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1870)
• Adolf Breemhaar, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Netherlands(Zuidlaarderveen)
• Aaltje Veenstra, Nijega-Smallingerland († 1945)
• Adolph Caro, Poznan, Wlkp., Poland

• Antje Cornelisdr de Koning (62), Rijnsburg
• Antje de Koning (62), Rijnsburg
• Alfred VANDERGOTEN (0), Anderlecht, 1070, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Auguste 'Charles' Joseph [illegitmate] de Talleyrand-Périgord (85)
• Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut de La Billarderie de FLAHAUT (85)
• Alfred Vandergoten (0), Kuregem
• Alida Geertruida Blokland (0), Rotterdam
• Auke Sjoerds Nicolai (2), Engwierum
• Arie van Arendonk (74), Herwijnen (GD)
• Adriana ELST (55), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1856 » John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria († 1936)
• 1862 » Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1865 » Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1943)
• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)

• 1820 » Jiaqing Emperor of China (b. 1760)
• 1832 » Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
• 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)
• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)

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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• 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.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.

The temperature on September 2, 1870 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.