About the day » Sunday July 24, 1870Calender converter

• Adriana Cornelia Kroonen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1963)
• Aaltje de Koning, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriaan de Rooij, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbert van Ingen, Wageningen († 1934)
• Aafje de Beurs, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Agnes BLOM, Netherlands († 1947)
• Aafje de Beurs, Den Helder († 1950)
• Aaltje Nijenhuis, Epse, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adrianus Vos, Bergen op Zoom († 1944)
• Abraham Rehorst, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)

• Christina Roovers (0), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van Brakel (56), Leiden
• Annetje Biesheuvel (51), Heenvliet
• Cornelia van Der Ploeg (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Ballegoijen van (72), Gameren
• Cornelia van BALLEGOOIJEN (72), Gameren (Gld.)
• Cornelia van Ballegooijen (72), Gameren, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arij van Es (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje~Eelkes Bouma (1), Snits
• Christina GOOSSENS (66), Hasselt, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

• 1860 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1860 » Princess Charlotte of Prussia († 1919)
• 1864 » Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright († 1918)
• 1867 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author († 1940)
• 1867 » Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1867 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet († 1908)
• 1874 » Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author († 1917)
• 1877 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss († 1954)
• 1878 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1957)
• 1880 » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator († 1959)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

• 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 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on July 24, 1870 was about 26.4 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.