About the day » Saturday March 26, 1870Calender converter

• Adriana KORPEL, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Pols, Raamsdonk († 1870)
• Adrianus Johannes Pols, Raamsdonk († 1870)
• Adriana Korpel, Westmaas († 1951)
• Abraham Beekhuis, Tiel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1870)
• Alfred Johan Peter Michel Vrijheer van Tüssling, Bamberg, Oberfranken, Beieren († 1957)
• Aaltje Botter, Alteveer F112 gem Hoogeveen († 1871)
• Alice Alanna (Sister)(Matron) CAHIN, Melbourne, Australia († 1939)
• Aart Boer, (ZH) Sliedrecht
• Aafje VENNIK, Limmen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• Adrianus van KLAVEREN (3), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida (Aaltje) EMOND (83), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Susan (1), Leiden
• Adriana Ligtvoet (33), Oosterhout
• Albertus van der Zanden (56), Schaijk
• Adriana Lucia van den Broek (0), Tilburg
• Aaltje Emont (83), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Adela SEGERS (30), Beert,1673,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Aafke Mulder (21), Den Andel, Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• "Petrus" Pieter Gerardus Pieter Gerardus (94), Schijndel, NL

• 1866 » Fred Karno, English producer and manager († 1941)
• 1868 » King Fuad I of Egypt († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist († 1948)
• 1874 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1875 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic († 1922)
• 1875 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea († 1965)
• 1876 » Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor († 1948)
• 1876 » William of Wied, prince of Albania († 1945)
• 1879 » Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge († 1965)
• 1879 » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower († 1917)

• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• 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 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.

The temperature on March 26, 1870 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.