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• Anna Margaretha Huijdink, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Andries Verweij, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Albert Jan Dommerholt, Holten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• Alfredo de Toledo, Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil († 1917)
• de Wilde, Enter
• Albert Koster, Boven Veensloot (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1870)
• Alice Marguarite Hilts, Markham, York, Ontario, Canada († 1906)
• Anje Tent, Warfhuizen, Leens, Groningen, Nederland († 1894)
• Aartje van Scherpenzeel, Bunnik, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Maria Heldens, Maasbree († 1943)

• Aafke Taekes (78), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Veldkamp (0), Winschoten
• Aimee Albertine Boulet (68), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van der Maat (1), Utrecht
• Brouwer, Sneek
• Aartjen de Wilde (35), Terwolde
• Antje Opmeer- Buis, Zwaag, Hoorn, NH, Nederland
• Aagtje van Wijk (16), Tolbert (Leek)
• Anna Camilla Ricci (50), Popoli, Province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
• Achsah Eliza Fairchild (73), Alford, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

• 1859 » Walter Camp, American football player and coach († 1925)
• 1860 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company († 1951)
• 1867 » Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic († 1953)
• 1870 » Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist († 1919)
• 1871 » Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar († 1927)
• 1873 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter († 1939)
• 1876 » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer († 1945)
• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)
• 1882 » Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany († 1934)

• 1836 » William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 » William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)

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.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

The temperature on April 7, 1869 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.