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• Anna Blomenkamp, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Aart in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt), Sint Anthoniepolder, Nederland († 1870)
• Angelina Verheyden, Vorst 1190(Antwerpen, Belgie)
• Aart in 't Veld, Sint Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Alice J. Wyma, Niekerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1931)
• Alida Johanna van Raan, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1897)
• Albert Louis Johan Halverhout, delft († 1877)
• Anna Maria Lut, Leiden († 1887)
• Adrianus TIELEKIN, Dordrecht
• Anna Ghelen, Gellick, Lanaken (B)

• Afra Koper (0), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Sikkes Vegelin (30), Valtherveen (gem. Odoorn)
• Albert Teeselink (70), Erve ... Neerdorp, Holten
• Anna Cornelia van Leeuwen (0), Heusden
• Agie Wuijster (42), Dordrecht
• Anna Jacoba Coomans (4), Sint Maartensdijk
• Antje Arends van den Berg (2), Opsterland
• Antje van den Berg (2), Opsterland
• Aaltje Liefers (54)
• Anthonie Mudde (1), Lekkerkerk

• 1860 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1865 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1867 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter († 1950)
• 1869 » Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator († 1936)
• 1869 » Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic († 1918)
• 1878 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer († 1949)
• 1879 » Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1964)
• 1879 » William Stickney, American golfer († 1944)
• 1880 » Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic († 1967)

• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)

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.
• February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on May 25, 1870 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.