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• Adriaan Willem van Haeften, Batavia († 1921)
• Adolf Stegmann, Hamburg, Hamburg († 1924)
• Aart Hendriks, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1957)
• Adriana Vreugdenhil, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1947)
• Alphonse François DAUNE, Marche-Lez-Ecaussinnes,7190,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Alida Oudshoorn, Veur († 1872)
• Alida Oudshoorn, Veur, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1872)
• Albert Bouwhuis, Steenwijkerwold († 1870)
• Adriana den Outer, Kralingen, Nederland
• Adrianus Zwankhuizen, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Andreas Prins (42), Warffum
• Andrew Prins (42), Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonetta Schutjens (42), Son en Breugel
• Allegonda Roijens (82), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Smit (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auke Meints Kuipers (46), Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• Auke Meints KUIPERS (46), Baflo, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Schaap (0), Katwijk
• Aaltje Schaap (0), Katwijk
• Anthonetta Petronella van der Leeuw (0), den Haag

• 1858 » Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts († 1939)
• 1859 » Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer († 1933)
• 1861 » Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist († 1936)
• 1870 » Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting († 1960)
• 1871 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer († 1960)
• 1872 » Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia († 1941)
• 1873 » María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet († 1947)
• 1880 » Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever († 1999)
• 1882 » Max Decugis, French tennis player († 1978)

• 1834 » Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
• 1848 » Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817)
• 1863 » William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)
• 1889 » Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
• 1889 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
• 1896 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
• 1930 » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)

• 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.
• January 23 » In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
• February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.

The temperature on September 24, 1870 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.