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• Aart van Donkersgoed, Huinen, gem. Putten († 1954)
• Alida Frederica Vos, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1963)
• Aafke Huizinga, Uithuizen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1941)
• Andries Sytzes de Haan, Beetgum († 1873)
• Aafke Huizinga, Uithuizermeeden († 1941)
• Aaltje Teunis Wispelwey, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Netherlands († 1870)
• Aaltje Wispelwey, Nijega († 1870)
• Aart Houten, van den, Dirksland Zhl. Nederland († 1953)
• Alexander Leopold Lems, Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Maria Steging, Brandlecht

• Anna van der Vlugt (80), Poortugaal
• Alida Josso (1), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angenietje van der Linden (81), Nieuwenhoorn prov. Friesland
• Amelia Devenyn, Oostrozebeke,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• adriaantje VRIJHOEF (47), barendrecht
• Angenietje Hendriksdr. van der Linden (81), Nieuwenhoorn
• Antonius FAAS (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Hollande
• Albert van Steijn (37), Purmerend
• Anna Elshof (10), Oeken (Brummen)
• Anna Margaretha Sommer (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1857 » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1872 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter († 1944)
• 1873 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress († 1959)
• 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
• 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)
• 1885 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral († 1971)
• 1885 » Milton Avery, American painter († 1965)
• 1886 » G. I. Taylor, English mathematician and physicist († 1975)
• 1886 » Virginia Pearson, American actress († 1958)
• 1886 » Wilson Dallam Wallis, American anthropologist († 1970)

• 1809 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (b. 1753)
• 1810 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (b. 1750)
• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)

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 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

The temperature on March 7, 1870 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.