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• Anna Catharina Oolgaart, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1909)
• Anna Maria Diels, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1921)
• Adrianus Bakels, Makkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1884)
• Addie Hayden, Iowa
• Adriana Jacoba van Dijk, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Albert Jan Dalhuisen, Oene, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 1939)
• Adelia Sidonia Delphina DOCKX, Wezemaal,3111,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Anna Margaretha Nijman-, Delfshaven, Nederland († 1870)
• Adrianus Josephus Peeters, Baarle-Nassau († 1935)
• Amanda Mary Schantz

• Anthonius Zeegerman (60), Amsterdam
• Barbara Johnson (40), Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
• Cornelia van der KLOOSTER (64), Sint Annaland, Nederland, Zeeland, Tholen
• Anna Sophia Hagen (75), Hengelo
• Adriaan Couwenberg (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Beentjes (12), Heemskerk
• Anthony White Dozier (68), Rio Vista, Solano, California
• Adriana van der Maat (21), Waterlandkerkje, Zeeland, Nederland
• Charles Lous Vanhoutte, Hulste, 8531, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adolphe Florimond DESREUMAUX (45), Lambersart,59130,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE

• 1857 » Edward Elgar, English composer and educator († 1934)
• 1857 » Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1919)
• 1861 » Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager († 1935)
• 1863 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1942)
• 1865 » Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism († 1960)
• 1865 » George Lohmann, English cricketer († 1901)
• 1869 » Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager († 1937)
• 1875 » Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan († 1973)
• 1878 » Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader († 1912)
• 1881 » Walter Egan, American golfer († 1971)

• 1806 » William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
• 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)

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 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.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• September 18 » Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on June 2, 1870 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.