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• Agatha Cornelia Maria van der Knaap, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1949)
• Anne Dirks Westerhof, Appelskea, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Theodora Grob, Arnhem († 1949)
• Aafje Lange de, Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Albertus Hogewoning, Rijnsburg, ZH, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Maria Lekkerkerker, Kamerik († 1871)
• Albert P Smith, Sycamore, Dekalb, Il
• Agatha Sophia Bergsma, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1936)
• Aleida van Essen, Zeist {UT}
• Anne Westerhof, Appelscha (Friesland) († 1950)

• Auke Tjerks Wijma (27), Wommels
• Berendina Kobes (76), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Waterkamp (69), Heerde,Heerde,Gelderland,Nederland
• Aaltjen Waterkamp (69), Heerde
• Aren Soeteman (0), Goedereede
• Aafke Ysbrands Velstra (78), Wijns, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Govaerts (6), Merksplas
• Albertus Joosten (0), Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander(Asser) van Oss (74), Vierlingsbeek, N-Br. NL
• Aafke Wieringa (79), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland

• 1855 » Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company († 1941)
• 1868 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)

• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)

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 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
• 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.

There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.