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• Alida Lindeboom, Opmeer († 1937)
• Albertus Henricus Biseno, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Anna Maria Roeters, Ammerzoden († 1874)
• Anna Elisabeth van Dijen, Baarn († 1944)
• Anna Elisabeth van Dijen, Baarn († 1944)
• Adilia Mans, Herenthout, België († 1871)
• Adriana Boom, Wateringen
• Agnes Vrancken, Mönchengladbach, NRW (D) († 1929)
• Amalia (Amalie) Block, Blitar (Java) († 1894)
• Alida Been, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1926)

• Babette Neustädter (62), Eisenach (D)
• Antonie van den Enden (39), Den Helder
• Antonius Willems (70), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barendina van Manen (24), Rhenen
• Arnoldus Smits (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Zwaans (7), Berghem, 5351
• Catharina Jolles Meinesz (38), Oudega, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie Hulsman (0), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonij Dellenberend (22), Emmen, gemeente Dalfsen
• Bouwe Rommerts Boonstra (72), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

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 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins 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.
• 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.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

The temperature on May 31, 1870 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.