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• Antonius Van Kastel, Lage Zwaluwe († 1954)
• Longley, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England († 1963)
• Anna Julia Bastiaens, Riemst (B) († 1912)
• Anna Elizabeth Van Honschoten, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Alice Alwine Pauline Eberl·e, Hamburg († 1956)
• (Maria)Elisabeth Klop, Papendrecht († 1944)
• Anna Hofkamp, Vlagtwedde
• Adriana Maria van Gorp, Alphen &, Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Antonia Johanna Duitshof, Westendorp († 1871)
• Adrianus Augustus Gadeyne, Beernem

• Adriaantje Verwijs (0), St. Philipsland
• Abeltje Pieters Pleun (63), Termunten
• Albertien Alberts Pothof (56), Wapserveen
• Adrianus Josephus Antonius van der Ploeg (12), Vianen
• Adriaantje den Daggelder (72), Noordeloos
• Anthonius Bartholomeus Opdam (1), Alkmaar
• Adriana Maas (63), Den Haag
• Antje (Annie) Jans Boersma, Butler County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltjen Poesse (43), Stokkum (Markelo)
• Adeleid - Anna Adelheid Buss (0), Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1845 » Ludwig II of Bavaria († 1886)
• 1850 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1867 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany († 1951)
• 1869 » Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete († 1951)
• 1877 » Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation († 1965)
• 1878 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1882 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland († 1966)
• 1889 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales († 1969)
• 1891 » David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator († 1956)
• 1893 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist († 1962)

• 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)

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 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on August 25, 1870 was about 16.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.