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• Adrianus Wijnands, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1953)
• Achiel Alphons VAN BELLEGHEM, Gistel,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1889)
• Anna Elizabeth Kroesbeek, Kroesbeek († 1871)
• Adriaantje Gode, Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1895)
• Anna Maria Gesina Schepers, Haren, Emsland
• Anna Maria Heylen, Mol, België († 1952)
• Anne Mary HOLMES, Whittington, Lichfield
• Aaltje Brink, Lutten († 1943)
• Aafke Dijkstra, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Keijzer, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Van Valdenberg (40)
• Anna Paans (0), Oirschot
• Adam Holderbaum (84), Three Rivers, St Joseph, Michigan, United States
• Anthonie van Wijk (0), Vlaardingen
• Anna Joore (43), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Adrianus Slenders (84), Eersel
• Antje Bakker (30), Texel-Oosterend
• Anthonij Jansen (45), Neuzen (Terneuzen) Nederland
• Arendje Lijntje Keijzerwaard (0), Oudenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje Lijntje Dirksdr Keijzerwaard (0), Oudenhoorn

• 1853 » Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse († 1939)
• 1859 » Matilda Howell, American archer († 1938)
• 1859 » Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer († 1943)
• 1867 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic († 1948)
• 1878 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1884 » Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1950)
• 1885 » Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic († 1959)
• 1887 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)

• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)

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 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting 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.

The temperature on August 28, 1870 was about 13.5 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.