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• Albertina Jantina Marchiena van Lemel, Groningen († 1941)
• Adriana Pietersdr Hoogerwerf, Vlaardingen
• Aagtje Reinders Kuipers, Sebaldeburen († 1940)
• Abraham Voogd, Schiedam († 1869)
• Adriana Hoogerwerf, Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Jager († 1958)
• Aart Donker, Gameren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)
• Aaltje van MEURS, heerewaarden († 1938)
• Albertje Philippus Zwart, Egmond aan Zee († 1886)
• Adriana Francisca van Dijk, Wijk bij Duurstede, Nederland († 1928)

• Anthonie Blom (1), Velp, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Janse Vogel (70), Assendelft NH NL
• Andries Groeneveld (0), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dujardin (53), Maastricht, Nederland
• Adriana van den Berg (41), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Aleida REMMELINK (76), Ijzevoorde (Doetinchem-Ambt)
• Anna Margrieta Homan (39), Noordwijk 226
• Antonie Schuijns (71)
• Aaldrik Ebbo Sissingh (7), Groningen
• Antje Martens Laverman (Louwerman) (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1846 » George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company († 1914)
• 1862 » Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician († 1927)
• 1866 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony († 1932)
• 1874 » Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts († 1950)
• 1876 » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1941)
• 1882 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer († 1937)
• 1886 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1960)
• 1887 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy († 1965)
• 1888 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot († 1918)
• 1891 » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator († 1946)

• 1819 » Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)

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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• 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 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

The temperature on October 6, 1869 was about 16.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.