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• Anna Maria van Lankveld, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Alfred Remacle Decerf, Spa, Luik, België († 1936)
• Abraham Verweij, Lange Ruige Weide († 1947)
• Albertina Maria Joanna Sengers, Ubbergen Berg en Dal Gelderland Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Cornelia Snepvangers, Zundert († 1886)
• Aaltje Bruin, de, Dantumadeel, Fr, Nederland
• Aart van Es, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Annigje van den Bosch, Laagnieuwkoop,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1938)
• Alice Mary Maud FAULKNER, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1959)
• Albertina Maria Joanna Sengers, Beek (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)

• Antonie Herman Velthuis (1), Arnhem, Nederland
• Anje Crone (0), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Françoise BON (70), Mantoche, 70331, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• Antje PIETERS (67), Eanjum (Anjum), East-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Anje Crone (0), Zuidbroek, Netherlands
• Geelof (Geelhof) (62), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland Nederland
• Adam Dirksz Pas (70), Delft
• Anna Gesina Hüsers (67), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Antje Smook (37), Beerta, 9686, Nederland
• Angus Sinclair (68), Dublin, Ireland

• 1860 » Mathieu Jaboulay, French surgeon († 1913)
• 1860 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State († 1919)
• 1862 » George Nuttall, American-British bacteriologist († 1937)
• 1862 » Horatio Caro, English chess master († 1920)
• 1864 » Stephan Krehl, German composer († 1924)
• 1867 » A. E. Douglass, American astronomer († 1962)
• 1872 » Édouard Herriot, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1957)
• 1874 » Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic († 1967)
• 1879 » Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War († 1945)
• 1879 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player and educator († 1959)

• 1819 » William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (b.1744)
• 1826 » Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (b. 1782)
• 1833 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known photograph (b. 1765)
• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)

• 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 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.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
• 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 5, 1870 was about 21.1 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.