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• Aafje de Reus, Avenhorn
• Ada W Oliver, Ingersoll Oxford County Ontario († 1948)
• Aloisius Knockaert, Zarren,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adriana van Leerzem, Veere († 1942)
• Hendrik Kroezen, Hollandscheveld († 1958)
• Albert Barend Van Beek, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1916)
• Anje Dijkema, Zeerijp († 1941)
• Aaltje Zoetekouw, Echteld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1922)
• Alle KOELMANS, St. Annaparochie
• Andries Johannes Kagenaar, Utrecht († 1871)

• Molenaar (0)
• Berend (Berent) Frederiks (Fridriks) Westerman (76), Ommelanderwijk (gem. Veendam, Groningen, Nederland)
• Antonetta van Broekhoven (0), Udenhout, Nederland
• Caleb Green (73), Owego, Tioga County, New York
• Anna de Jager (0), Lekkerkerk
• Anna Maria DAEMS, Rillaar Belgie
• Catharina Maria Dirkje Hissink (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Wilke (32), Hasselt, Overijssel., Nederland
• Berent Frideriks Westerman (76), Ommelanderwijk
• Albert HERINGA (22), Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland

• 1856 » Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress († 1939)
• 1862 » Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader († 1926)
• 1865 » Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station († 1946)
• 1873 » Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube († 1961)
• 1874 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1938)
• 1875 » John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada († 1940)
• 1880 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1918)
• 1882 » James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1882 » Sam Hardy, English footballer († 1966)
• 1885 » Jules Romains, French author and poet († 1972)

• 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
• 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)

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 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
• May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on August 26, 1870 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.