About the day » Tuesday March 1, 1870Calender converter

• Adriana Maria MARIJNISSEN, WOUW, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Adrianus Johannes van Helvert, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1870)
• Akke Folkerts Viersen, Veenwouden († 1938)
• ADDIE Luverne CRAKER, Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States († 1947)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Wetering, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abe DE VRIES, Lemmer († 1951)
• Aafje Gilling, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Aaltje Kamp, Abbekerk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Aaltje van Brakel, Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland († 1911)
• ? Sietsma († 1870)

• Anje Alting (20), Harkstede
• Anna (Ouders:Berend Hindriks Kloppenburg, Geertruit Hendriks Kloppenburg (born Bruins)) Kloppenborg (64), Gieterveen Gieten Drente
• Adriana Joanna Catharina van de Stadt (82), Deventer
• Adrianus Mangelis (64), Maasbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Nooij (53), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Nooij (53), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Maria Braskamp (62), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Bruijn (70), Diessen
• Anna Elisabeth De Belder (70), Lier, België
• Anje Hendriksdr. Alting (20), Harkstede gem. Slochteren

• 1852 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1923)
• 1863 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer († 1930)
• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)
• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
• 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)
• 1888 » Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer, outside right († 1949)
• 1889 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher († 1960)
• 1890 » Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author († 2002)

• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)

• 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.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.

The temperature on March 1, 1870 was about 13.5 °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 72%.