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• Amalia Disselhoff, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Roelf Datema, Feerwerd († 1898)
• Adrianus Uijttewaal, Jutphaas († 1945)
• * Arie de Man, ’s-Gravendeel († 1931)
• Adrianus 'Arie' Uijttewaal, Jutphaas († 1945)
• Aaltje Sipkes BAKKER, Buitenpost (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands
• Adriaan de Klerk, Middelburg († 1874)
• Albertus Johannes Daman, Avereest {OV} († 1912)
• Alphonse Emile Evers, Banda Neira, Molukken, toenmalig Nederlandsch-Indië († 1942)
• Albert Datema, Feerwerd gem. Ezinge († 1898)

• Aaltje van der Tol (81), Amsterdam
• anna cuijpers (59), meijel
• Aaltje van der Tol (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine Andriessens, Anvers
• Adriana van Buuren (1), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Adriaan Balen van (63), Oudheusden
• Aaltje Alberts de Boer * (76), Steenwijk
• Aaltjen Alberts de Boer (76), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Cuijpers (58), Meijel,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Zuidersma (0), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland

• 1858 » John L. Leal, American physician († 1914)
• 1859 » Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor († 1926)
• 1864 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author († 1922)
• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)

• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)

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 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

The temperature on May 5, 1870 was about 7.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.