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• Adriaan Zeeuwen, Vlijmen († 1871)
• Alexandra van Griekenland en Denemarken, Corfu († 1891)
• Aaltje Huijgen, E306, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1872)
• Alexandra van Griekenland, Korfoe, Griekenland († 1891)
• Alida Cornelia Bo(o)gaards, Hazerswoude († 1948)
• Adriana Weterings, Tilburg
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• Adrianus Ammeraal, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Albert Cornelis La Grand, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Albertus Gerrit Abbring, Nieuwpoort († 1870)

• Anna (Antje) van der Kooij (69), Voorschoten
• Anna Cornelisdr (Johanna) van der Kooij (70), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Felix Constantin" Alexander Johann Nepomuk zu Salm-Salm (41)
• Barbara Ludovica Pasmans (7), Antwerpen akte 2815
• Antje Quak (0), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Petrus Oosterbaan (19), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Brands Johanna Maria (96), Appeltern
• Antje Quak (0), Rozenburg
• Adriana Schot (0), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert van Noort (65), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1855 » Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1857 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary († 1926)
• 1863 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter († 1930)
• 1869 » Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator († 1959)
• 1870 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer († 1918)
• 1879 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general († 1970)
• 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
• 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
• 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
• 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)

• 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)

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. Albert

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. Elizabeth

• 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.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on August 18, 1870 was about 17.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.