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• Anna Catharina Hoogenkamp, Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Visser, De Huizen, Hoogeveen († 1870)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Heijst, Tilburg
• Amaro Egidio de Oliveira, São Roque, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alfred Léon LAURENT, Dung, 25550, Doubs, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Adrianus Hendrikus Winkenius, Rossum (GL)
• Adrianus van Tol, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Vaandrager, Charlois († 1870)
• Andries DERKSEN, Huissen
• (doodgeboren) Vaandrager, Charlois/Rotterdam

• Aaltje Arend (Herms) van (de) Beek (85), Epe, Gld, The Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth van der Blom (0), Oostvoorne
• Anna Willemina Lutgerdina Westerborg (62), Groningen
• Anna Elisabeth Claasen (40)
• Aaltijn Jans Polling (Pollingh) (73), Weende
• Aaltien Jans POLLING (73)
• Vaandrager (0), Charlois
• Anna Wilhelmina Lutgerdina Westerborg, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna van Zijl (81), Utrecht
• Abraham Joel Sachs (80), Lissa, Wlkp., Poland

• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)
• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)

• 1829 » Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)

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 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

The temperature on May 29, 1870 was about 21.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.