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• Adriaantje Gode, Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1895)
• Anna Maria Martina van HEEL, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gesina Schepers, Haren, Emsland
• (w) Dietrich, Hesselbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Kraaijenbrink, Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adriana BRUSSAARD, oud-beijerland
• Adriana Brussaard, Oud Beijerland, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1897)
• Anna Elizabeth Kroesbeek, Kroesbeek († 1871)
• Adrianus Wijnands, Naaldwijk († 1953)
• Aaltje Brink, Lutten, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1943)

• Amalie Therese Landgraf (1), Großgestewitz, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Anthonie Jansen (45), Terneuzen
• Adriana Kouwenhoven (0), Oud-Beijerland
• Adriana Leeuwenhoek (0), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Tilmans (Tak Geulle) (4), Geulle (L)
• Albert Klaasens Bouwman (71), Sint Annen, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna van der Wees (16), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adam Holderbaum (84), Three Rivers, St Joseph, Michigan, United States
• Anthonie VAN WIJK (0), Vlaardingen
• Antje Bakker (30), Oosterend

• 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)

• 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.
• July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
• July 15 » Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• 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.

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%.