About the day » Friday April 1, 1870Calender converter

• Albert Hendriks Schonewille, Hollandscheveld, Nederland († 1901)
• Andrew George (Twin) ELLIS, Delamere Crescent, Paddington († 1942)
• Alice Astley, Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire, England († 1952)
• ?? Bunt, (NH) Haarlemmermeer († 1870)
• Adrianus De Ruijter, Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1885)
• Agatha Spithoven, Werkhoven, Utrecht, NL († 1870)
• Aaldert Willems Olie, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van Gaal, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1935)
• Amelia MARIËN, Oelegem, Ranst, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Andries Joseph Weijers, Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland († 1870)

• Antje SIKKEMA (67), Dantumawoude,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Linden (52), Putten
• Alida Johanna Jong (0), Leiden
• Anna Maria Wilhelmus CAMPENEERS (67), Roosendaal-Nispen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Adriaan den Herder, Kruiningen, 52 jaar
• Aaltje Zwiersen (73), Oudleusden
• Adriana van der Sloot (74), Rotterdam
• Anne Marie Finet (63)
• Antje Jans Sikkema (67), Dantumawoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Helena Ravesteijn (2), Utrecht

• 1865 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1929)
• 1866 » Ève Lavallière, French actress († 1929)
• 1866 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1924)
• 1866 » William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician († 1938)
• 1868 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1868 » Walter Mead, English cricketer († 1954)
• 1871 » F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor († 1955)
• 1873 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1943)
• 1874 » Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian († 1953)
• 1874 » Prince Karl of Bavaria († 1927)

• 1839 » Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
• 1865 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)

• 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 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

The temperature on April 1, 1870 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%.