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• Nusselder, Doetinchem Ambt († 1870)
• Adriana ZURENDONK, Haarlem, NH, Nederland († 1897)
• Annechien Kremers, Eext († 1955)
• Anna Theodora Willemsen, Duisburg, Duitsland
• Adriana Zurendonk, Haarlem († 1897)
• Adrianus de Roder, Rhenen († 1881)
• Anna van VLIJMEN, Heusden, 3725, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)
• Alo√Øse GENTZBITTEL, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1958)
• Anna Maria VERHAGEN, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna van Vlijmen, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)

• Adriana Cornelia Maria Theodora van Pelt, Geertruidenberg
• Albertje Horstra (29), den Huls
• Antje Bouwmeester (72), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Elisabeth Kleijne, Amsterdam
• Adriana de Laat de Laat (75), 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Andries Stefanus Vosman (44), Zwolle
• Nusselder (0), Doetinchem Ambt
• Adrianus Cornelis Voets (1), Tilburg Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Douwes Snijders (78), Musselkanaal, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Douwes SNIJDER (78), Musselkanaal, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1857 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
• July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on August 8, 1870 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.