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• Adrianus Verschuren, Breda Noord Brabant (NL) († 1908)
• Aaltje Kuiper, Koekange, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1948)
• Adolf Jan Jansen, Vriezenveen († 1928)
• Albert William Winkler, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, United States of America († 1960)
• Adriana Blom, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Abraham Schuijer, 's-Gravenhage († 1943)
• Albert Hendriks, Arnhem, Nederland († 1928)
• Adrianus (Willemsz) Ouweneel, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van GEEL, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1916)
• Aagje Ooijevaar, Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1909)

• Aalbert Klijn (55), Hilversum
• Akke Gerrits Boersma (2)
• (2) Cornelis Cornelisz Kolken (85), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba den Braven (0), Meerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schaapherder (0), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Bierman (72), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wijnands (2), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Adrianus de Bie (28), Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldegonda Smits (0), Horst
• Aleida Kolwagen (73), Lintelo (Aalten)

• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)
• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

The temperature on February 28, 1870 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.