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• Alfred James Bell, Laie, Honolulu, Hawaii, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Petrus Van Aken, Fijnaart en Heiningen
• Amélia Anibal Hartley Maciel, Brasil
• Albertus Hoekman, Paasloo († 1897)
• Adrianus Mattheus Immerzeel, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Adelina Augusta de Castro, São Paulo, Brasil († 1892)
• (stillborn son) BROERE, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth († 1869)
• Aartje Knegt, Spijkenisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Anna Ammerlaan, Monster
• Lena van Driel, Alblasserdam

• Bastiaan van Mourick (31), Klundert
• Alfred Edward Greenhalgh (0), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Baukje Johannes de Jong (4), Murmerwoude
• Annigje Oskam (77), Zwammerdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Glas (35), Wormer
• Adrianus Roks (58), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Atje Klaasens van der Molen (80), Thesinge (gem. Ten Boer)
• Antje (Anna) Glas (35), Wormer (Noord-Holland)
• Anne Sytses Schoppen (72), Oudeschoot
• Andries van Thoor (54), Breda

• 1857 » Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1931)
• 1859 » Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic († 1938)
• 1861 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian († 1940)
• 1861 » Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde († 1947)
• 1870 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany († 1944)
• 1872 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer († 1915)
• 1874 » Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer († 1948)
• 1878 » Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina († 1970)
• 1878 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian († 1967)
• 1880 » Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor († 1940)

• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
• 1840 » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
• 1855 » Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)

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.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
• May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
• 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 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.

The temperature on January 6, 1869 was about 8.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.