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• Adolf van Dantzig, Gouda, ZH, Nederland († 1870)
• Anthonia Johanna Constansia Maria Jans, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• adelina istace, Dohan sur semois, belgique († 1899)
• Antje Terpstra, Birdaard, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Murk († 1940)
• Antje Terpstra, Birdaard, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Anne Catherine Langenus, Mechelen (B)
• Antje Foppes Ophuis, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Abraham DE WOLF, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Adrianus Johannes Kalkman, Schiedam († 1938)

• Berendina van Mill (22), Echteld (Neder-Betuwe) (GL)
• Cath√©rine LINDECKER (51), Br√©chaumont (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Abraham Meijer (86), Dodewaard
• Antonie Severt (35), Beltrum
• Aaltjen Grolleman (0), Wijhe
• Anna Adriaans (74), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Bontje Jans Elzinga (32), Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Adriaans, Hoogeloon
• Albert Broekhuizen (57), Kampen
• Anna Adriaens (74), Casteren

• 1850 » Max Delbrück, German chemist and academic († 1919)
• 1857 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Austrian-Hungarian general († 1935)
• 1858 » Gustaf V of Sweden († 1950)
• 1863 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat († 1939)
• 1866 » Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan († 1935)
• 1874 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada († 1960)
• 1880 » Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-American chemist and author († 1963)
• 1882 » Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian educator and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran († 1967)
• 1885 » Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect († 1941)
• 1888 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1925)

• 1850 » William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)
• 1858 » John Snow, English epidemiologist and physician (b. 1813)
• 1862 » Hidenoyama Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 9th Yokozuna (b. 1808)
• 1869 » Charles Sturt, Indian-English botanist and explorer (b. 1795)
• 1872 » Norman MacLeod, Scottish minister and author (b. 1812)
• 1878 » Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1878 » Kikuchi Yōsai, Japanese painter (b. 1781)
• 1881 » Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1824)

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.
• May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
• July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

The temperature on June 16, 1869 was about 12.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.