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• Adrianus Hendrikus Zom, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1940)
• Aukje Harings Huizinga, Heeg, Friesland, Nederland
• Simonis, Dordrecht
• Adriana Dijksma, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Adriana Dijksman, Ridderkerk († 1930)
• Anna Alida Catharina De Jongh F2
• Adriana Janssen, Raamsdonk († 1872)
• Anna Maria Ba(a)ten, Steenbergen († 1874)
• Arthur Penrose MARK
• Antje Lammers, Farmsum († 1912)

• Aaltje van Diermen (3), Ermelo
• Anna AERTS (77), Rijkhoven, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België
• Anna Elisabetha Testelmans (72), Herselt, België
• Akke van Os (0), Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Angélique Zéliman Mahieu (68), Lille (France)
• Albertus Gerardus Theodorus Smith (50), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Albertus Gerardus Theodorus Smith (50), Amsterdam
• "Alphonse" Jules François Michon du Marais (85), Roanne, Loire, France
• Adriana Maria Elias (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf van Wijk (4), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland

• 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)

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.
• March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
• 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 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

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%.