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• Antonia Arnolda van de Ven, Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Goossens, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1949)
• Alida Agnes Maria van de Pavoordt († 1872)
• Annigje Lok, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Agnes Maria van de Pavoordt, Gouda († 1872)
• Annigje Lok, Avereest († 1942)
• Adriana Margaretha Gordijn, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Anna van der Heul, Delft († 1944)
• Albert BUURMAN, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Anje VOGELZANG, Oldehove Groningen Netherlands († 1870)

• Anna Catharina Panser (66), Schiedam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Jessen (68), Susteren, Nederland
• Anderson Waid Moseley (69), Pintlala, Lowndes, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltjen Cornelis Lok (64), Wanneperveen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Eck (0), Snelrewaard, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Cornelisen Lok (64), Wijk C No.288, Wanneperveen
• Anna Ida Elisabeth Bsse Van Pallandt (77)
• Anna Ida Elisabeth van Pallandt (77), Havezate Egede, Hellendoorn, Pays-Bas
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• Adrianus Slijkerman (0), Zijpe

• 1857 » Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician († 1935)
• 1860 » Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer († 1940)
• 1864 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1867 » Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator († 1944)
• 1868 » Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright († 1925)
• 1869 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1872 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient († 1963)
• 1879 » Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist († 1966)
• 1880 » Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach († 1955)
• 1880 » Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary († 1961)

• 1836 » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
• 1851 » James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (b. 1789)
• 1852 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 1852 » Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
• 1862 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
• 1862 » Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1879 » Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
• 1891 » Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
• 1898 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)

• 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.
• March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
• July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
• July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
• September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
• December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

The temperature on September 14, 1870 was about 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.