About the day » Wednesday March 17, 1869Calender converter

• Arnoldus Gerardus de Jong, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Kempen, Rotterdam († 1871)
• Antje Maaskant, Zegwaart, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Albert Vermaas, Dubbeldam
• Anje Kruizenga, Leens, Groningen, Nederland († 1907)
• Albertus Minjon, Utrecht († 1953)
• Albertje Seubring, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1951)
• Abraham van der Borden, Vlaardingen († 1871)
• Anna Christina van den Berg, Rotterdam († 1871)
• Adriana Elisabeth Prinsse, Vlissingen († 1941)

• Adriaan van den Heuvel (88), Tilburg, Nederland
• Alice Ritchie (1), Marriott-Slaterville, Weber County, Utah, United States
• Agartha Lagerberg (63), Leiderdorp
• Aaltien Jakobs (78), Eext (Anloo), Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Lagerberg (63), Leiderdorp, Nederland
• Aaltien Jacobs (78), Eext, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aeltien Jacobs Jacobs (78), Eext, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertine Adélaïde Louise Marie de Bournonville (80), Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Alberdina van der Wal (0), Hattem
• Albert (Decks) Koenderink (46), Enter, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1856 » Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter († 1910)
• 1862 » Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist († 1930)
• 1864 » Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1930)
• 1866 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist († 1939)
• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)
• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)
• 1880 » Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer († 1912)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)
• 1881 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)

• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)

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.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

The temperature on March 17, 1869 was about 3.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.