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• Albertus Klein Nulend, Erve Bovendorp († 1922)
• Wilmsen Joannes Baptist, Tilburg,Noord-brabant, Nederland († 1914)
• Antonius Dominicus Elst, Wuustwezel (B.)
• Albert I Olmos, Redwood City, San Mateo, California († 1932)
• Anne Miedema, Tzum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vlaspool, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Anna Klasina Jaring, Den Helder (N-H) († 1923)
• Andries Johannes Akkerman, Terwispel, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• "Joseph" Albert Marie de Potter d'Indoye, Gand, Belgique († 1917)
• Aetske Wybes Boonstra, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Anna Maartendr Dijkshoorn (72), Vlaardinger Ambacht
• Albert Beerds van Loo (64), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Amarentia (Amerensia) Huijsman (Huisman) (49), Sprang-Capelle
• Adriaan van Vlijmen (1), Oss
• Anna Elisabeth van Velzen (0), Rotterdam
• Alida van Rulder, Elburg
• Adriana Johanna Josina Bogaart (73), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ammerensia HUIJSMAN (35), Sprang Capelle
• Aline SEGERS (0), Roubaix,59100,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Adam Schuppert ***** (70), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1861 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress († 1931)
• 1868 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author († 1927)
• 1869 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan († 1932)
• 1870 » Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer († 1936)
• 1871 » Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet († 1914)
• 1871 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1872 » Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general († 1922)
• 1872 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1934)
• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)

• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (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.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• 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.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
• September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

The temperature on May 6, 1870 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.