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• Alijda Regina Wolf, Goes († 1945)
• Achillis Hill, Saling Township, Audrain, Missouri, United States († 1955)
• ALIJDA REGINA WOLF, GOES († 1945)
• Anna Maria KOONINGS († 1870)
• Adriana Wilhelmina (Mien) Melchers, Sappemeer
• Anna Elisabeth Wolfinger, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Stravers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• Aaltien Grelling, angelslo Emmen
• Aaltien Grelling, Angelslo, gem. Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1953)
• Alidor Emiel Everaert, Hooglede (België)

• Anna Elisabeth Willeborts (61), Beverlo, Limburg, België
• Cornelis de Man (72), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alberta Holterman (77), Korte Bisschopstraat, Deventer
• Coenraad Meeder (53), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Lucas Everwijn (72), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Blomberg (32), Smilde
• Aaltje Blomberg (32), Bovensmilde (Smilde)
• Arnold Lucas Everwijn (72), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Esch (80), Dommelen
• Derk Oterdoom (76), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland

• 1860 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician († 1936)
• 1866 » Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1942)
• 1870 » Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian († 1952)
• 1876 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer († 1934)
• 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)
• 1881 » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general († 1918)
• 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
• 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
• 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1887 » Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach († 1961)

• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)

• 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 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on October 7, 1870 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.