About the day » Thursday March 4, 1869Calender converter

• Albert MEURSING, Buinen (Borger), Drenthe, Nederland († 1891)
• Albert Kreuzen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Kreuze, Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1890)
• Aldert Oudekerk, Midwolda († 1889)
• Adrianus LOS, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Adriana Kip, Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland († 1934)
• VAN BAALEN, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Maria Cornelia Johanna van Beek, Raamsdonkveer († 1947)
• Agatha Kist, Stegerveld
• Akke Kerstes Postma, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland

• Agnes Marcus (59), Bergharen
• Anna Maria van der Wielen (41), Oss
• Alexander Glen Fonda (83), Schenectady
• Adriaan Bakker (30), Nisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonia Catharina Colombijn (60), Utrecht
• Adriana Nieuwenhuizen (69), Sprang(NB)
• Anna Maria van der Wielen (41), Oss
• Amelia "Mille" . Justin (69), Auburn Center, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Andries SCHANS Mzn (2)
• VAN BAALEN (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1863 » John Henry Wigmore, American academic and jurist († 1943)
• 1863 » R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist († 1947)
• 1864 » David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer († 1940)
• 1866 » Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer († 1931)
• 1867 » Charles Pelot Summerall, senior United States Army officer († 1955)
• 1867 » Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society († 1908)
• 1870 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author and poet († 1944)
• 1871 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer († 1945)
• 1873 » Guy Wetmore Carryl, American journalist and poet († 1904)
• 1873 » John H. Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 70th Governor of Connecticut († 1961)

• 1851 » James Richardson, English explorer (b. 1809)
• 1852 » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1853 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
• 1853 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)
• 1858 » Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (b. 1794)
• 1864 » Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (b. 1824)
• 1866 » Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (b. 1788)
• 1872 » Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1883 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)

• 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 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• 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 March 4, 1869 was about 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.