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• Abraham Stork, Amsterdam († 1931)
• Aaltje Jonker, Helpman (gem.Haren) († 1919)
• Aaltje Peters van Eerde, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1938)
• Aalbert Bouwers, Ermelo († 1885)
• Aagje Jacoba van Duijvenbode, Katwijk aan Zee († 1870)
• Aagje Jacoba van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Aleida maria Lageland, Zwolle
• Alida Burger, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
• Alexander Lynde Cochrane, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1928)
• Cornelis van Son

• Friso, Ooststellingwerf
• Aaltje Schenkel (ook Schinkel) (75), Harmelen, Nederland
• Annetje (Schuurkamp) (73), Harderwijk (Hierden)
• Arentien Hadders (28), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana (Adriaantje) BOGAARD (86), Leerbroek
• Anna Margaretha SCHILLINGS (75), Amby, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Eleanore Klingbeil or Klingbeit (55), Posen, Prussia
• * Johannes Janssen (50), Bakel en Milheeze
• Anna Middendorf (0), Heede, Emsland
• Adrianus Everardus van Daalen (6), Rhenen

• 1862 » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1933)
• 1868 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer († 1910)
• 1871 » Lorne Currie, French-English sailor († 1926)
• 1872 » C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories († 1962)
• 1873 » Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1956)
• 1874 » Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker († 1937)
• 1874 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1876 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician († 1958)
• 1878 » William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete († 1946)

• 1840 » Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)
• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)

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 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• 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.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.

The temperature on April 25, 1870 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.