About the day » Sunday January 10, 1869Calender converter

• Adeline Toussaint, Seraing sur Meuse
• Alexander Mashburn, Jackson County, Alabama, United States of America († 1955)
• Adella Adeline Brubaker, Jay County († 1952)
• Agatha De Grijs, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Agnes C. Kepfer, Jersey City, NJ († 1941)
• Aaltje Doldersum, Hollandscheveld († 1871)
• Alida Molenaar, Delfshaven († 1955)
• Adam Karel Hubert Claessens, Sittard, Sittard-Geleen († 1912)
• Adrianus Spek, Zoeterwoude, Nederland
• Adam Schafer, Hodschag, Austria/Hungry

• Antonius (Antoon) Sijben (87), Helden
• Bart Vink, Drumpt
• Antje de Vries (22), Lemmer
• Adriaan van Gorkum, Udenhout
• Arie Keijzer (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• berend schooljan (58), groloo
• Antje Willems de Vries (22), Lemmer, gem. Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Mermans (69), Dessel, Antwerpen, België
• Bernardus (Bernadus) Gries (Griss) (Gris) (66), Wisch
• antonius (antoon) sijben (87), helden

• 1858 » Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer († 1929)
• 1859 » Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic († 1909)
• 1860 » Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author († 1943)
• 1864 » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia († 1931)
• 1873 » Algernon Maudslay, English sailor († 1948)
• 1873 » George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler († 1958)
• 1873 » Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player († 1935)
• 1875 » Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1877 » Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist († 1948)
• 1878 » John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach († 1955)

• 1833 » Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)
• 1843 » Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780)
• 1851 » Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
• 1855 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
• 1862 » Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814)
• 1863 » Lyman Beecher, American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775)
• 1895 » Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
• 1895 » Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)
• 1901 » James Robert Dickson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (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.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• 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".
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The temperature on January 10, 1869 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.