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• Aart van der Neut, Kockengen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1891)
• Aagje van der Schee, Poortugaal († 1946)
• Anna Maria JANSSEN, Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana VAN DAAL, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1946)
• Anna Sophia Hefting, Nieuwolda, Oldambt, Groningen, Netherlands († 1870)
• Albert Kleine, Ruinen († 1962)
• Adriaan Sprangers, 's Grevelduin-Capelle († 1890)
• Adriaan Geldof, Grijpskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1927)
• Albert Kleine, Stuifzand († 1962)
• Annechien van der Scheer, Termunterzijl († 1966)

• Anna Catharina van der Schoot- (0), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anne Élisabeth PONCELET (66), Borgloon (Broekom),3840,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abraham Vontenie (48), Utrecht
• Aaltje Kiestra (18)
• Adrianus Konijnenburg (0), Schiedam
• Aleyda HEYDENDAHL (95), Kalkar, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Anna Catharina Schoot van der (0), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Oedzes Bosma (58), De Westereen, 9271, Nederland
• Annetje Woutersen Vos (55), Stad Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia REIMERT (2), Raalte

• 1856 » Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer († 1910)
• 1857 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer († 1919)
• 1858 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1860 » Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant († 1932)
• 1861 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt († 1936)
• 1861 » John Peltz, American baseball player and manager († 1906)
• 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
• 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)

• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)

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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• 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 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".

The temperature on April 23, 1869 was about 21.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 40%.