About the day » Wednesday June 1, 1870Calender converter

• Andrew Carnegie, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Aloise Hoorelbeke, Staden
• Ada Joanna Adriana Nering Bögel, Deventer († 1928)
• ? (levenloos) Quist, Zonnemaire gem. Brouwershaven (Schouwen), Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1870)
• Abraham Faas, Lisse, ZH, The Netherlands
• Adam Knijnenburg, Wassenaar († 1904)
• Anke Jagt, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen
• Abraham Jan Cense, Colijnsplaat, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Kon, Lexmond († 1871)
• Adrianus van Nooij, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)

• Antonius van den Heuvel (0), Bunnik
• Anna Lansbergen (68), Delft
• Aaltje Jager (3), Zuidbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Antonia Rietberg (34)
• Anna Antje Lansbergen (68)
• Catharina Eghuizen (47), Wijhe, Nederland
• Aukje Rommerts Veltema (0), Engwierum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bouwina Spoelman (0), Den Andel
• Anna Lansbergen (68), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Cremmery (56), Merkem,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1869 » Richard Wünsch, German philologist († 1915)
• 1873 » Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician († 1955)
• 1874 » Yury Nikolaevich Voronov, Russian botanist († 1931)
• 1878 » John Masefield, English author and poet († 1967)
• 1879 » Max Emmerich, American triathlete and gymnast († 1956)
• 1882 » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău († 1940)
• 1887 » Clive Brook, English actor († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Kay Ogden, English linguist and philosopher († 1957)
• 1889 » James Daugherty, American author, illustrator, and painter († 1974)
• 1890 » Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)

• 1833 » Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1760)
• 1841 » David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (b. 1785)
• 1846 » Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765)
• 1861 » John Quincy Marr, American captain (b. 1825)
• 1864 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)

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 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.

The temperature on June 1, 1870 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.