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• Aaltje Eliveld, Amsterdam († 1909)
• Berendiena SLENEMA, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1922)
• Anna Cornelia van Dommelen, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Carrie B Gumbrel, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Adrianus (Arie) van den Hondel, Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Ansil Oakes Bentley († 1917)
• Anna Catharina Olsthoorn, Stompwijk*, Nederland († 1947)
• Caroline Weideman, Jasper County, Iowa († 1956)
• Anna Maria van Oerle, Goirle († 1870)
• Christiaan Steen, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Aafje KONIJN (28), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Johanna Warmerdam (0), Gemeente Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VOORTHUIS (0), Grijzemonnikkenklooster Groningen Netherlands
• adrianus donders (71), tilburg
• Anna Meijer (36), Beverwijk
• anna maria van eekeren (70), dinteloord (noord brabant)
• Asenath Beals (77), Indiana
• Adriana KLOOTWIJK (51), Ridderkerk, 6228, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaret Boyle (56), Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Agnes Paddenburg (58), Bloemendaal

• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1865 » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist († 1955)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)
• 1878 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author († 1956)

• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)

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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• 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.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

The temperature on August 2, 1870 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.