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• Adriaan Norbert Van Dingenen, Lier, België († 1932)
• Aleida Klumper, IJsselmuiden, Nederland († 1912)
• Anna Hermina Post Uiterweer, Schiedam
• Adriaan Vos, Grijpskerke, Walcheren, NL († 1869)
• Anna Gambino, Lercara Friddi, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
• Aniela Mycielska († 1902)
• Alle Bruinsma, Appelscha, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Albert Benning, Ruinen, Nederland
• Aleida Klumper, IJsselmuiden († 1912)
• Adolphus Bockstael, Nieuwerkenken Oost Vlaanderen * († 1946)

• Catharina Paapst (21), Holwierde gem. Bierum
• Antje Jans Kiestra (78), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bartha van den Hooff (51), Amersfoort, Nederland
• August, B. M. Van Wambeke (57), Deftingen
• Anna Maria Todd ***** (12)
• Catharina Paapst (21), Holwierde (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Aaltje Veldhuis (3), Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Adriana Helena Siebel (1), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Verhelst (34), Hoek
• Alphonsus Vanhoudt (0), Geel

• 1849 » Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American lawyer and politician, 91st Mayor of New York City († 1918)
• 1852 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1932)
• 1854 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist († 1940)
• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)

• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)

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.
• February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
• September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
• 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 July 20, 1869 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.