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• Aaltje Nannes VAN DER VORM, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Aartje Vogelzang, Kerk Avezaath († 1879)
• Alida VAN ESSEN, Steenwijkerwold († 1943)
• Adrianus VAN DEN BURG, noordwijkerhout, Nederland († 1894)
• * Adriaantje Romeijn, Giessendam († 1933)
• Albarta Adriana Prigge, Hoogeveen nederland
• Albarta Adriana Prigge, Krakeel, Hoogeveen
• Adriaan Julius van OORDT, Heerde, Overijssel, Nederland NL († 1902)
• Adrianus van den Burg, Noordwijkerhout († 1941)
• Albert Aalderts Gort, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Krakeel) († 1886)

• Amalia van Saksen Meissen (76)
• Adrianus Van de Weijer (48), Duizel en Steensel
• Anna Theodora van Veen (0), Leimuiden
• Antje Harms Sijtsma (47), Oldekerk (Westerkwartier), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vennekens (75), Eindhout, België
• Anje Grasdijk (16), Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Amalia van Saksen Meissen (76)
• Antje Harms Sijtsma (Sytsma) (47), Oldekerk
• Amalie Marie Friederike VON SAXONY (76), Pillnitz, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
• Anje Hinderks BALKEMA (72), Stedum

• 1858 » Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer († 1955)
• 1859 » John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts († 1946)
• 1859 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician († 1940)
• 1860 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator († 1942)
• 1870 » Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator († 1947)
• 1872 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist († 1919)
• 1872 » Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator († 1955)
• 1875 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist († 1945)
• 1876 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia († 1953)
• 1878 » James O. Richardson, American admiral († 1974)

• 1830 » William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
• 1857 » Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 » Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 » Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
• 1915 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree

• 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.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• 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 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
• 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.
• November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

The temperature on September 18, 1870 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.