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• Adriaan de Klerk, Middelburg († 1874)
• Albertus Johannes Daman, Avereest († 1912)
• Adriana TOORNVLIET, Charlois († 1940)
• Aarjen Cornelis Balder, Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Vijlbrief, Leiden, Nederland
• Aarjen Balder, Broek op Langedijk († 1933)
• Ainah Inlandse vrouw, Tjibodas, Tasikmalaja († 1951)
• Adrianus Uijttewaal, Jutphaas († 1945)
• Albert Roelf Datema, Feerwerd († 1898)
• Albert Datema, Feerwerd gem. Ezinge († 1898)

• Aaltje Albers DeBoer (76), Steenwijk
• Aaltje Alberts de Boer * (76), Steenwijk
• Adriana de Wilde (71), Veere
• Adriana van der Burgt (50), Gemert
• Aaltjen Hagens (76), Borculo,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Albers de BOER (76), Steenwijk, 5290, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Albers de Boer (76), Steenwijk
• Aaltje van der Tol (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aloys Vandamme (0), Klerken
• Allardus Minderts Nicolai, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland

• 1858 » John L. Leal, American physician († 1914)
• 1859 » Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor († 1926)
• 1864 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author († 1922)
• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)

• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)

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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on May 5, 1870 was about 7.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.