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• Antje Lammers, Farmsum († 1912)
• Aleida Gezina ter Braak, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Reus, Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1876)
• Arie Adrianus Verbij, Alphen A/d rijn († 1870)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Zom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriana Dijksma, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Alberdina Kuijper, Breukelen Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland († 1871)
• Albert Gruppen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1870)
• Anna Alida Catharina De Jongh F2
• Adriaan Hessels, Made en Drimmelen

• Albertje Hendriks Bergsma (0), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertje Hendriks Bersma (0), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Gesina Lubbermann (64), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Akke Tjeerds van Os (0), Rottevalle, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Elias (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Diermen (3), Ermelo
• Albert Jan van Lenthe (0), Ommen
• Anna Gesina Lubberman (64), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolf van Wijk (4), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Monck (3), Zuidbroek

• 1841 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist († 1935)
• 1848 » LaMarcus Adna Thompson, American engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster († 1917)
• 1856 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army († 1929)
• 1856 » Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic († 1937)
• 1859 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English banker and author († 1932)
• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)

• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

• 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.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• 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 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on March 8, 1870 was about 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.