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• Aleida ten Duis, Deldeneresch, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1927)
• Adriana Elenbaas, Poortvliet († 1951)
• Alexander Josephus Gijbels, Lummen († 1871)
• Pieter Antonie Sprangemeijer
• Adriana van Lent, Oijen en Teeffelen († 1950)
• Adriana Maria van Grunsven, Berghem († 1884)
• Agatha van den Bosch, Delft,Gemeente Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Stip, Ermelo († 1870)
• Albert Gerarduszn Vos, Groningen († 1940)
• Adriaan Minnaard, Rilland en Maire, province of Zeeland († 1900)

• Angelina Willemse (28), Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana Denissen (101), Berkel-Enschot
• Agnes Jacobsz Groenewoud (40), Noordwijk
• Annechien Edes Wester (65), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Groenewoud (40), Noordwijk
• Soepboer (0), Gemeente: Westdongeradeel
• Anne Mients Veenstra (64), Drachten
• Aaltje Nijborg (9), Engelbert, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Gijsbert Burger (0), Alphen
• Adeleid Schwieters (70), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 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)

• 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.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

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%.