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• Aagje Schouten, Oudorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adriana Cornelia Emmen, Tilburg († 1943)
• Adolphe Vercruyssen, Lille (F-Nord-Pas-de-Calais) († 1908)
• Aaltje Middelkoop, Vianen († 1878)
• Aloysius Wilhelmus Josephus Borghoff, Amsterdam († 1938)
• "Anne" Marie Isabelle Charlotte Borremans, Schaerbeek, Bruxelles, Belgique († 1955)
• Abraham Aldertsz Ploeger, Alkmaar, Nederland († 1872)
• Albertus Gerdingh († 1912)
• Adrianus Mathias Eijkemans, Sint-Michielsgestel
• Adriaan van Oeveren, Ellemeet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1913)

• Aaltje Jans HAVENGA (59), Pella, Marion, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonse Stassart (47), Heppignies, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aaltje Klazes Leekstra (22), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Angelique Kinnart (81), Neerheylissem
• Aaldert Van Ledden
• Ana Policena de Sá (34), Batatais, São Paulo, Brasil
• Angelina Willekens (69), Meerhout, België
• aaltje de KONING (0), numansdorp
• Anna Maria Krämer (52), Fernwald, Ortsteil Steinbach
• Anna Snauwaert (70), Jabbeke

• 1848 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1907)
• 1852 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1868 » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player († 1949)
• 1869 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist († 1946)
• 1874 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1955)
• 1877 » Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist († 1936)
• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)
• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1885 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter († 1939)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)

• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (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.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on February 24, 1870 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.