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• Adriana Kozijn, Alkemade, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Stolk, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysius (Alois) VANWALLEGHEM, Lichtervelde († 1961)
• Albert Reinier Lefevre, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1872)
• Anna Clara Wetzelaer, Kerkrade (L († 1924)
• Albert Wiebes van der Velde, Marum († 1916)
• Aafje Strop, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Aldegonda Mertens, Weert († 1914)
• Aagje Cornelia van Rijsbergen, sliedrecht (zuid holland) († 1945)
• Aalbert Bouwman de Kloe, Hellevoetsluis († 1944)

• Spies (0), Jutphaas
• Anna Maria Horn (86), Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Abraham de Jong (0), Wassenaar
• Antonia Dijkers (1), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Arend Eeltink (79), Boekelo
• Antonius Wilhelmus BOER (0), Dubbeldam
• Archibald Alonzo Dunlap (51), Holly Springs, Dallas, Arkansas, United States
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Louw (0), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Mensing (40), Teich, Neuenhaus, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Bartholomeus van Empel (59), S-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1859 » Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)
• 1871 » Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua († 1966)
• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)
• 1872 » Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter († 1960)
• 1872 » Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal († 1918)
• 1874 » Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter († 1959)
• 1874 » Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator († 1970)
• 1875 » Dave Hall, American runner († 1972)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• 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.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.

The temperature on May 1, 1870 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.