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• Alfons Aloys DE SMEDT, Sint-Gillis-Waas († 1869)
• Anne Williamson, Dean, Cumberland, England († 1936)
• Antonia Amalie Schmitz, Berlin, Germany († 1923)
• Köhler, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham duBois, Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1870)
• Adrianus Grootenboer, Dordrecht
• Aaltje Sotthewes, Deventer († 1934)
• anna elizabeth STOUGIE, rotterdam
• Antonius Hubertus De Vaan, Nieuwkuyk († 1927)
• Anna Maria Louisa Gütlich, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1950)

• Albertje Klaassens Huisman (63), Tripscompagnie, Muntendam
• Anna Christina Brand (64), Utrecht
• Hendrik Brinkman (69), Dedemsvaart
• Adriana Slager (0), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arnolda Adriana van Baars (0), Tiel (GLD), Nderland
• Bastiaan de Groot (45), Nieuwenhoorn, 3223, Nederland
• Anna Maria Paalvast (16), Naaldwijk
• Adriaan Leenaers (87), Oosterhout
• Catharina Petronella Irik (60), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Schoorl (0), Velsen, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1850 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager († 1915)
• 1853 » Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager († 1932)
• 1856 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. († 1952)
• 1858 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer († 1924)
• 1858 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet († 1932)
• 1859 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer († 1925)
• 1867 » Margarete Böhme, German novelist († 1939)
• 1879 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor († 1926)
• 1884 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States († 1972)
• 1885 » Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author († 1965)

• 1828 » Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781)
• 1837 » Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (b. 1770)
• 1842 » Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790)
• 1853 » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)

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.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The temperature on May 8, 1869 was about 11.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.