About the day » Thursday May 6, 1869Calender converter

• Agnes Luers, Lindloh, Haren (Ems)
• Alida van Dorp, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Anne H. de Boer, Gorredijke, Nederland
• Abraham de Jong, Wassenaar († 1870)
• Antoinetta Theodora Jansen, Nijmegen
• ADRIANA VELLEKOOP, VLAARDINGER-AMBACHT († 1947)
• Agnes LUERS, Lindloh,Germany
• Abram Johannes Wolschrijn, Rozenstraat 438, Amsterdam († 1871)
• Aafje van der Wal, De Cocksdorp († 1950)
• Adriana Vellekoop, Vlaardinger-Ambacht

• Anna Willem Egberts ( Spalz) Spalling (53), Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annechien Jonker (28), Assen
• Agnietje Dina SCHUURMAN (78), Hoorn(Nh)
• Anna Maria Rolfes (51), Frackel, Lathen
• Adèle Galton (85), Brush House, Sheffield, Yorkshire
• Adriana Van Wees (1), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kanis (52), IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Willems Egberts Spalling (53), Hoogeveen
• Aaltjen Olthuijs (0), Delden
• Adelheid Dehnen (2), Duisburg, Rheinland

• 1861 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress († 1931)
• 1868 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author († 1927)
• 1869 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan († 1932)
• 1870 » Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer († 1936)
• 1871 » Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet († 1914)
• 1871 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1872 » Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general († 1922)
• 1872 » Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1934)
• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1879 » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer († 1929)

• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Albert
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Elizabeth
15. Jacoba
16. Jantje

• 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 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
• November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

The temperature on May 6, 1869 was about 13.8 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.