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• Adolphus Petrus Van de Walle, Gent
• Aartje Oosterman, Voorst († 1954)
• Albert Wijlhuizen, Velp (Rheden)
• Aaltien BERGMAN, Ansen, Ruinen, De Wolden
• Adriana Maria van Steen, Boxtel
• Abraham Willem LORJE, Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Geurdina van Kraaikamp, Westervoort († 1924)
• Albert Wijlhuizen, Velp (Rheden) (GL)
• Adrianus Luijendijk, Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1949)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van Hulst, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• * Hendrik (1) van Striemen (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Antoon Van Doorn (76), Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonij Zutphen (0), Texel
• Andreas Josephus Cornelis van Hilst (0), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Lindhout (0), Oud Vossemeer
• Anna Maria Toonders (55), Aalst
• Antje Libbes Postma (29), Small.lnd
• Albert Foekes de Jong (73), Ballum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Punt (6), Willemstad,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Mannaert (67), Hontenisse (Hulst-Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1850 » Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino journalist and lawyer († 1896)
• 1852 » J. Alden Weir, American painter and academic († 1919)
• 1852 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1911)
• 1856 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist († 1927)
• 1860 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator († 1900)
• 1870 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia († 1891)
• 1871 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

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 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• June 22 » The United States Department of Justice is created by the U.S. Congress.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on August 30, 1870 was about 16.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.