About the day » Monday December 5, 1870Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Winters, Achel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (l.l.) Post, Delft († 1870)
• Adrianus Dielissen, Ginneken en Bavel († 1935)
• Aart van RAVENHORST, Ede (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Albert Velthuis, Hasselt († 1959)
• Adriaan Koenen, Dongen († 1955)
• Aaltje KRISTEERIUS, Hoogkerk († 1872)
• Adrianus Heemskerk, Zegwaart († 1927)
• Anjelino Tapia, Santiago Apóstol, Inquisivi, La Paz, Bolivia
• Aaltje Oenes Hoekstra, Warga, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1934)

• Arie de Snoo (1)
• Aaltje Nijman (37), Zutphen
• Antje Sterk (77), Everdingen
• Adriana Klerx, Oudheusden en Elshout
• Adrianus Hellemons (69), Roosendaal,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Albrecht Mammen Heuer (53)
• Anna Maria Heylen (56), Olen
• Anna Elisabeth Godefrida Muijtjens (4), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van Velde (44), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus de Jong (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1863 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France († 1933)
• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1866 » Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author († 1896)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)
• 1867 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland († 1935)
• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet († 1937)
• 1870 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator († 1949)
• 1872 » Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player († 1906)
• 1875 » Arthur Currie, Canadian general († 1933)

• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)

• 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.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on December 5, 1870 was about 2.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.