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• Anna Maria Jansen, Arnhem († 1870)
• Johannes Top, Willebroeck (B) († 1940)
• Adriaan Yzermans, Rucphen (NL) († 1947)
• Antonia Zeldenthuis, Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1937)
• Alphonsus VAN Laere, KRUIBEKE († 1948)
• Adriaantje Brand, Giessendam
• Akke (Emma) Hendriks Tepper, Ferwerd († 1926)
• Adriaan IJzermans, Rucphen († 1947)
• Abraham Hugo van Noord, Bolsward († 1871)
• Alida Aletta Schalij, Benschop, Lopik († 1899)

• Charles William Calvert (46), Oakley, Western Australia, Australia
• AEGIDIUS HAANSCHOTEN (54), Nijkerk
• Arnoldus Muilwijk (42), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Juliana PLANTINGA (35), Harlingen(Friesland)
• Antonie Klomp (63), Raalte
• Cornelia van Wageningen (0), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Heesen (6), Moers Land, Nord Rhein Wesfalen, Deutschland
• Aegidius Cornelis Haanschoten (54), Barneveld
• Aafje Kramer (76), Hoorn
• Arnoldus Muilwijk (42), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1860 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland († 1940)
• 1867 » Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi († 1942)
• 1869 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist († 1946)
• 1871 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist († 1930)
• 1872 » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1874 » J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician († 1942)
• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)

• 1833 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)

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.
• 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.
• August 8 » The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
• October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
• October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

The temperature on July 29, 1870 was about 19.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.