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• "Luise Antoinette" Maria Theresia Josepha Johanna Leopoldine Caroline Ferdinande Alice Ernestine von Habsburg-Toskana, Salzburg, Autriche († 1947)
• Adriana Cornelisse, Sint Laurens
• Anna Catharina Godefrida Grote, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Ake Pieters Dijkstra, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Alphonsius Van Brusselt
• Aafke van der Lande, Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Agema, Kampen († 1939)
• anna maria elisabeth schrijnwerkers, roggel († 1948)
• Anke Broekema, Schildwolde († 1951)
• Anne Eijgelaar, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)

• Aletta Clar Anna Elisabeth FABRICIUS (71), Heukelom, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Folkes Fennema (72), Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernard Joseph Schulte (2), St.Louis
• Arijaantje de Groot (0), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Rijnten (2), Arnhem
• Adéla van den Berg (64), Leiden
• Anna Derks Drok (76)
• Adrianus de Visser (0), Hof van Delft, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Egeling (72)
• bonne colombe JEUBERT (64), Villeperrot (F-89)

• 1859 » Georges Seurat, French painter († 1891)
• 1860 » Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1926)
• 1866 » Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter († 1949)
• 1876 » Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism († 1935)
• 1884 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1953)
• 1884 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author († 1958)
• 1885 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1891 » Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author († 1987)
• 1891 » Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator († 1969)

• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)

• 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.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

The temperature on December 2, 1870 was about -0.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.