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• Klaas Tonnis Kremer, Finsterwolde († 1955)
• ... van Wensen
• Tholen, Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1870)
• Aafje KRACHT
• Adriana Jongkees, Den Helder († 1962)
• Adriaan van Dijk, Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Adriana Elenbaas, Poortvliet († 1951)
• Adrianus van Veen, Stompwijk, 2266, Nederland († 1871)
• Aleida ten Duis, Ambt Delden, Nederland († 1927)
• Adriana Maria van Grunsven, Berghem († 1884)

• Adriana Cornelia Tirions (22), Roosendaal
• Anna Maria Pfeiffer (62), Marienberg, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Aalt Kragt (82)
• Agnes Groenewoud (40), Noordwijk
• Albertje Jans de GROOT (59), Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Angelina Willemse (28), Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana Denissen (101), Berkel-Enschot
• de (49), Ellemeet, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Denessen (101)
• Andrew T Woolley (68), Heards, Perry, Alabama, United States

• 1859 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor († 1924)
• 1866 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1870 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician († 1949)
• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1872 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician († 1949)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)
• 1878 » Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia († 1944)

• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

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.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• 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 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on February 1, 1870 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.