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• Antje de Wit, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Gerdina Kamphuis, Heerde († 1945)
• Albrecht Rijnsburger, Noordwijkerhout († 1871)
• Andreas Henricus Mebiusz Brandsma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Maria Drittij, Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)
• Antje Claas De Boer, Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriana Elizabeth van den Broek, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Gerdina Kamphuis, Heerde
• Alfred Bernadotte Gilbert Bruno, Soerabaja († 1899)
• Anna Rauschen, Langerwehe (Duitsland) († 1870)

• Aaltjen van Laar (73), Apeldoorn
• Alegonda Jeanette Mercier (52), Groenlo
• Anna Barbara Lemmerling (69), Gronsveld, Eijsden, Limburg, Netherlands
• arend de VRIES (0), numansdorp
• Andries van Heuckelum (75), Haaften
• Antonius OTTENHOF (0), Amersfoort
• Anna Maria van Dun (0), Tilburg
• Anna Barbara Lemlijn (69), Gronsveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Caecilia Beukman (76), Culemborg
• Anna de Boer (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)

• 1860 » Louis Wain, English artist († 1939)
• 1862 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities († 1890)
• 1866 » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic († 1923)
• 1866 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer († 1917)
• 1868 » Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer († 1924)
• 1872 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation († 1917)
• 1874 » Horace Rawlins, English golfer († 1935)
• 1874 » Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic († 1948)
• 1876 » Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist († 1958)
• 1877 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter († 1917)

• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

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.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on August 5, 1870 was about 19.2 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.