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• Adriana Hoogesteger, Yerseke († 1916)
• Abel Eduard GRAY, Port Elliot, South Australia 5212
• Annigje Meijlink, Kampen († 1871)
• Annetta Gerharda Post van Leggelo († 1962)
• Anna Katharina DRENKER, Anrath, Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1939)
• Anna Catharina Wijnands, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)
• Annigje Rijlaarsdam, Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Anne Sibma, Westergeest, Nederland († 1934)
• de Vries († 1870)
• Alida Harder, Den Helder

• Charles Louis Benjamin HAYNAU (62), Dunkerque... Hauts de France
• Blanche LËonie VERLOOP (0), Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Anna Elisabeth Ebbinkhof (1), Den Helder
• Adrianus Jacobus Maria Reniers (0), Oudenbosch
• Adolf II von Berenhorst (26), St. Marie-aux-Chnes
• (Baroness) Amelie Elisabeth van Lijnden (25)
• de Vries (0)
• Bela Graaf Szápáry van Muraszombath (41), Schaffhausen, Zwitserl
• Amalia Elisabeth van Lynden (25), Utrecht
• Amélie Elisabeth barones van Lynden (25), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands

• 1856 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright († 1909)
• 1860 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France († 1934)
• 1865 » Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer († 1911)
• 1868 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player († 1954)
• 1873 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland († 1950)
• 1881 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1943)
• 1881 » Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author († 1959)
• 1884 » Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg († 1976)
• 1885 » Dino Campana, Italian poet and author († 1932)
• 1886 » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian († 1965)

• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)

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 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on August 20, 1870 was about 15.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.