About the day » Wednesday November 2, 1870Calender converter

• Adriana Kloos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Aaltje Gijsberts Raven, Blaricum († 1939)
• Elisabeth Adriana Maria Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1871)
• Anna Maria Clara Linkens, Tilburg († 1951)
• Anna Isabella Wesenbeek, Berendrecht
• Drost, Ermelo, Gld, Neth († 1953)
• Anna Catharina Vangeel, Geel, 2440, België
• Aafje Groet, St. Maarten
• Andreas Hendrikus Nolden, Rijswijk († 1961)
• Anna Geertruida Schoonen, Roosendaal

• Adrianus Nieuwendijk (28), Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaron Myers (74), Bryans Mill, Cass, Texas, United States
• Alida Muller (59), Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Stokhof (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Cornelis Bruinenberg (0), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Anthonius Carolus Hubertus Willebrordus Ellinkhuijsen (59), Delfshaven
• Dingen (Dirk) Ruven (63), Jaarsveld
• Dingen (Dirk) Ruven (Ruwe) (63), Jaarsveld
• Anna Maria Westerlaken (71), Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Didericus Abram Christiaanse, Leiden

• 1855 » Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic († 1947)
• 1865 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States († 1923)
• 1877 » Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam († 1957)
• 1877 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary († 1933)
• 1877 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer († 1915)
• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)
• 1883 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal († 1947)
• 1885 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic († 1972)
• 1886 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician († 1971)

• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)

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.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on November 2, 1870 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.