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• Adolf Wulff, Ochsenwarder, Duitsland († 1899)
• Aaltje Wybenga, Zwaagwesteinde, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Willem van Dijk, Hardinxveld, South Holland, Netherlands († 1926)
• Aaltje Boskaljon, Beesd († 1870)
• Adrianus Fransiscus Beullens, sint Katelijne Waver († 1917)
• Adriana Goudswaard, spijkenisse (zuid holland) († 1958)
• Andries de WIJS, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Adriana van der Linden, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)
• Adriana LAMING, Made en Drimmelen (N-B) († 1944)
• Amanda Jane Robbins († 1964)

• Albertus van der Linden (0)
• Abraham Martinus Johannes van Weeren (4), Leiden
• Alfred van de Vuurst, Heerlen
• Adriana van Peer (54), Zuilen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Jannes ter Hofstede (37), *VALPARAISO*
• Agnes JACOBS (65), Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabetha Slegers (42), Dessel, België
• Albertdina Reuvekamp (8), Ambt Almelo
• Amalie Schneider (72), Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aaltje Haas de (53), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland

• 1860 » Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1915)
• 1861 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum († 1949)
• 1862 » Émile Coste, French fencer († 1927)
• 1862 » Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder († 1912)
• 1866 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic († 1927)
• 1873 » Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1956)
• 1873 » Leo Fall, Austrian composer († 1925)
• 1875 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer († 1962)
• 1877 » Frank L. Packard, Canadian author († 1942)
• 1878 » Joe Lydon, American boxer († 1937)

• 1831 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)

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.
• January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
• February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

The temperature on February 2, 1870 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.