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• Anna van Katwijk, Delfshaven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Aike Wubs, Onstwedde († 1956)
• Anna Maria Mesker, Mäsker, Altenberge, Haren (Ems) († 1940)
• Anna Maria Catharina Ter Deus, Harlingen,Friesland,Nederland († 1871)
• Aiko Wubs, Onstwedde (gem. Stadskanaal) († 1957)
• Aaltje Holtrop, Sint Johannesga, gemeente Scharsterland, provincie Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• August Jozef Schölvinck, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1931)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Brünemann, Germany
• Andrew William Alden, Toulon, Stark, Illinois († 1885)
• Anna Maria Antonia Masker, Altenberge, Duitsland († 1940)

• Augustinus de Lange (88), Schiedam
• Albert WERNER (0), Guebwiller (68500, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Albertus Oomes (53), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus KOOKEN (0), Maastricht, Gemeente Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis OOMES (79), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien Garbrands van der Laan (70), Borgercompagnie Veendam
• Adde Hindriks Addens (71), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Berkhouwer (47), Harenkarspel (NL)
• Adrianus Andreas Zonnenberg (34), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Scholl (53), Fritzlar, Duitsland

• 1853 » Anna Bayerová, Czech physician († 1924)
• 1862 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director († 1932)
• 1868 » La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer († 1965)
• 1873 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright († 1939)
• 1874 » Charles Despiau, French sculptor († 1946)
• 1879 » Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter († 1935)
• 1883 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece († 1953)
• 1884 » Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor († 1960)
• 1887 » Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1889 » Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader († 1987)

• 1847 » Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1809)
• 1847 » Thiệu Trị, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1807)
• 1856 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and educator (b. 1797)
• 1886 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820)
• 1893 » Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 » Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 » John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)

• 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.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• 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.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on November 4, 1870 was about 10.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.