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• Alberdina Roelof Hofman, Zevenhuizen (Gem. Leek), Groningen, Nederland († 1871)
• Adriana Groenleer, Burgh
• Aaltje Diepeveen, Veenendaal
• Albertje Raatjes, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1931)
• Adriana Cornelia van Bijsterveldt, Gilze Rijen
• Akke Bouma, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1935)
• Akke Joukes Nijdam († 1870)
• Adriana Groenendijk, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 1873)
• Aaltje Diepeveen, Veenendaal
• Aaltje Stevens

• Adriaantje Jacobsd De MAN (69)
• Amelia SEGHERS (47), Izegem,8870,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antjes Rinses Keegstra (84), Kollum
• Aafke Harms Maring, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Nijman (1), De Krim (Gramsbergen)
• Adrianus Meeren, Westmalle(België)
• Antje Rinzes Keegstra (84), Kollum, Kollumerland C.A., Friesland, Netherlands
• Berendina NIJDEEL (46), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Nijman (1), De Krim
• Catharina Reek (0), Hoorn

• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)
• 1863 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1933)
• 1863 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer († 1929)
• 1865 » Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic († 1940)
• 1868 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic († 1908)
• 1868 » Lucy Booth, English composer († 1953)
• 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
• 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)
• 1878 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director († 1954)

• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (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.
• February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• 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.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

The temperature on April 28, 1870 was about 7.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.