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• Anna Margaretha Leurs, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1942)
• Aalbrecht VAN DER BEEK, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1945)
• Alida Margaretha Steffens, Arnhem (Gld.) († 1909)
• Antonius Hendrikus Verhoeven, Oost en West Souburg
• Klaasje Giethoorn, Hollandscheveld († 1942)
• Sjoukje Annes Vleeshouwer, utingeradeel
• Albert Keizer, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1894)
• Antonia Bossers, Raamsdonk († 1940)
• Agatha Charlotta Wilhelmina Doorman, Middelburg († 1957)
• Aleida Hubertina Pieters, Gronsveld

• Adrianus Aryse Burgers (79), Willemstad, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan van Doremalen (59), Tilburg
• Adriana Donders (59), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Adam Addison (81), Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Aaltje Gosses Hooghiem (59), Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Boenders (1), Arnhem
• Antje van Oostrum (59), Langbroek, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mols (19), Heerlen
• Amandus van BIERVLIET (80), Roulers
• Aaltje PLEIT (3)

• 1860 » John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d.1932)
• 1863 » Edythe Chapman, American actress († 1948)
• 1864 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1870 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1872 » Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer († 1952)
• 1873 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum († 1949)
• 1873 » Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer († 1967)
• 1875 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer († 1919)
• 1876 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician († 1966)
• 1877 » Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter († 1968)

• 1804 » Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
• 1809 » James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
• 1821 » Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
• 1834 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)

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.
• February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

The temperature on October 8, 1869 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.