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• Adriana Maria van Dommelen, Tilburg († 1919)
• Allegonda Adrianisse de Bot, Dussen-Hank, Nederland († 1934)
• Albertus de Vaan, Vlijmen († 1921)
• Adriana Maria Beer de, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1901)
• Alida van Klaveren, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Aldertje VAN DER LAAN, Oldehove Groningen Netherlands († 1947)
• Abraham Cornelis Smit, Leiden, Nederland († 1944)
• Adrianus Johannes van Esch († 1874)
• Adrianus Leonardus Steens, Delft,South Holland,Netherlands († 1925)
• Adriana Maria de Beer, Tilburg Nederland († 1901)

• Aagtje van Dijk (43)
• Aibke (Eipke) Kornelis Luit (67), Ulrum, province of Groningen
• Antoinette de Cluzel (76)
• Antonij Vlierhuis (67), Heino
• Adrianus Hoorn (47), Vlijmen
• Andries Kruijt (69), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Elling (0), westenesch
• van den Berg (0), Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria Althoff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van Zon (51), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1856 » Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic († 1941)
• 1861 » Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter († 1904)
• 1866 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)
• 1877 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1881 » John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower († 1930)

• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)

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.
• 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.
• June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.

The temperature on October 29, 1869 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.