About the day » Monday October 3, 1870Calender converter

• Adam Rasenberg, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1940)
• Adriana Renne, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)
• Alide Cornelie Pierrette Bolle, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1964)
• Aart Baas, Vlaardingen (Fransenstraat) († 1871)
• Aaltje Adriana Ouden den, Piershil, ZH, Nederland († 1950)
• aaltje adriana den OUDEN, piershil († 1950)
• Alphonse Sauttois, Quenast († 1946)
• groen, gem. barradeel
• adriana wilhelmina LAKEMAN, charlois
• Aaltje Gaasbeek, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1935)

• Adrianus Kooijman (0), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Johans Helfrich (46), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexis Charles Baril (79), Saint-Cuthbert, Comté de Berthier, Quebec
• Antje van 't Land (16), Maartensdijk, De Bilt, Utr, NL
• Allegonda Maas (40), Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloys Desiderius Callewaert (8), Klerken
• Antonius van Berkum (1), Oss
• Angele Albertine DECOTTIGNIES (1), Wasquehal, 59646, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Anna Willems VAN DER LAAN (75), Midwolda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonia Verhoijsen (3), Asten

• 1858 » Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress († 1924)
• 1862 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player († 1902)
• 1863 » Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer († 1935)
• 1865 » Gustave Loiseau, French painter († 1935)
• 1866 » Josephine Sabel, American singer & comedian († 1945)
• 1867 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter († 1947)
• 1869 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast († 1942)
• 1875 » Dr. Atl, Mexican painter († 1964)
• 1879 » Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer († 1938)
• 1882 » A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic († 1974)

• 1838 » Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)

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.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

The temperature on October 3, 1870 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.