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• Adrianus Antonie Nijhoff, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)
• Adrianus de Bijl, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Anna Catharina Vandenbosch, Schoonbeek-Bilzen († 1910)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Landeweerd, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)
• Agustinus Van der Stricht, Sint-Pauwels
• Aafje Raar, Nieuwe Niedorp
• Adriana Hensbergen, Langbroek († 1937)
• Adrianus de Bijl, Lith,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Anna Maria Janssen, Venray, Limburg, Nederland († 1941)
• Allebartus de Vos, Wageningen

• Anna Elisabeth OBERHOFF (1), Madfeld (D) 1y
• Albert Dalenoord (16), Lonneker, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonia Christina Muller (2), Nieuwpoort
• Anna Hendrika Leltz, Zwolle
• Aegidius Josef Kolberg (67), Weseln
• Anna Maria van der Loos (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anatoly Nikolaievich DEMIDOV (57)
• Anatole Nicolaievitsj Demidov Prins van San Donato (57), Parijs
• Anatole Nikolaievich DEMIDOFF (57), Paris Île-de-France France
• Albert Pees Mohr (55), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1858 » Georgia Hopley, American journalist, temperance advocate, and the first woman prohibition agent († 1944)
• 1863 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet († 1933)
• 1863 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary († 1922)
• 1863 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation († 1951)
• 1872 » Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic († 1952)
• 1872 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer († 1930)
• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)
• 1880 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician († 1943)

• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on April 29, 1870 was about 4.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.