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• Annardus Leendert Bakker, Bargen in de polder De Waal, Texel († 1871)
• Anna Eekhof, Joure. Haskerland († 1943)
• Annegien Adams, Kropswolde, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriaan Izeboud, Koudekerke († 1871)
• Aletta de Visser, Jutphaas, Nieuwegein,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1871)
• Albert Komduur, Erm, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• Adrianus Zangers, Oijen en Teeffelen († 1872)
• Anne de Haas, Workum († 1872)
• Aaltje Kwakkel, Hattem, Nederland († 1871)
• Anna van Loon, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)

• Adriana Ariens van der Weijden (22), Vlaardingen
• Breunisje Verschuur (46), Wijk bij Duurstede zie Utrecht-Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adrianus Couwenberg (78), Herpt
• Augustinus Bouwman (72), Schiedam,-
• Adriana van der Weijden (22), Vlaardingen
• Caroline Augusta Bosch van Drakestein (0), Bunnik,Gemeente Bunnik,Utrecht,Netherlands,huis Nieuw-Amelisweerd
• Antonia Josephina Luhlf (50), Rotterdam
• Augustinus Bouwmans (72), Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustine Frederike Josephine van Bouchet de Sourches de Tourzel (72), St. Jean-Kerdaniel, Bretagne
• Sjouke Gerrits de Boer (21), Wonseradeel

• 1858 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic († 1924)
• 1861 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1864 » T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician († 1924)
• 1870 » Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1935)
• 1872 » Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player († 1931)
• 1877 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors († 1963)
• 1884 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter († 1958)
• 1884 » Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Jean Peyrière, French actor († 1965)
• 1885 » Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic († 1962)

• 1827 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1837 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
• 1857 » George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
• 1872 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)

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. Albert

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.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on October 10, 1870 was about 9.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.