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• Aaltje Willems Bron, Oldeholtwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1924)
• Adriaan Verhage, s Gravenpolder
• Annechien Vennema, Slochteren
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Krook, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Anna Cornelia REIJNEN, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
• Hemmes, Rotterdam († 1870)
• Alfred Ghislain NAVARRE, Trenier (02) († 1932)
• Annechien Venema, Slochteren, Netherlands († 1954)
• Amelia Elizabeth "Emelie" Block, Stronach, Manistee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Adriana Jacoba den Braven, Meerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)

• Anna Maria De Pooter (91), Waarloos, Kontich, Antwerpen, België
• Anthonia Turkensteen (42), Veenendaal
• Anna Elisabetha Hufkens (72), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Elisabeth Hufkens (72), Geel, België
• Anthonia Turkesteen (43), Veenendaal
• Adrianus Heeren (41), Rucphen
• Anthonius Cornelis van Wamel (19), Schoonhoven
• Adriaantje van der Velde (45), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anthonia Turkesteen (43), Veenendaal
• Abraham van ZUIDEN (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1860 » Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist († 1937)
• 1866 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1876 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter († 1907)
• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)
• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

• 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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• 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 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 8, 1870 was about -0.9 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 32%.