About the day » Wednesday August 24, 1870Calender converter

• Adriaan Appels, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Buijs, ,, Oude-Tonge, Nederland († 1871)
• Abraham VECHT, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1923)
• Adriana Petronella Strijbos, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• Abraham Hoogermolen, Amsterdam († 1936)
• Adrianus van de Ree, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Aaltje Engels, Garmerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• ANGELIQUE LOUISE PAULUS, TOURNAI († 1870)
• Adriana de Jong, Rotterdam († 1871)
• Aldegondis Elisabeth BIELEN, Zonhoven Belgie

• Carl Ferdinand August SCHWARTZ (53), London, South East England, Groot Brittanië
• Catarina Stempel (76), Beeck
• Bastiaan van Dijk (2), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adrianus Jacobus Hubertus van Daal, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Arie Sloof (1), Oud-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Apolonia van der Klauw (79), Naaldwijk (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (0), Bakel en Milheeze
• anna maria wirtz (31), veenhuizen
• Arie Sloof (1), Oud-Beijerland
• Mulder, Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)
• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)
• 1888 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company († 1942)
• 1890 » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer († 1968)

• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)

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 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on August 24, 1870 was about 18.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.