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• Bartel Vollaard, Maasdam († 1890)
• Anna Elisabeth Christina Vollenbroek, Amsterdam († 1925)
• Arnoldus ter Beek, Amersfoort († 1951)
• Pieter Jan Kostermans, Steenbergen
• Kodde, Oost-en West-Souburg
• Arend Pot, Stedum († 1957)
• Arie Lambertus Pieter Luijks, Pattie, Japara, Java Ned. Indie († 1943)
• Adriana Elisabeth Pieternella van Drunen, 's-Gravenhage / den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus ter Beek, Amersfoort
• Aartje van de Werken, Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland

• (w) Steinhausen (0), Mollseifen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Albert Roskam (68), Voorst, Terwolde
• Albert Voorhorst (42), Deventer
• Arie Burik (0), Hazerswoude
• Anne Marie GRIFFNÉE (61), Battice, 63035, Liège, Belgique
• Aaltje Lubbertsen (72), Putten
• van Tuijl (0), Tiel
• Adrianus van Maaren (76), Gouda
• Antonie Voets (66), Schijndel, Meierijstad,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Maria Kruijt (0), Heukelum (Lingewaal), Gelderland, Nederland

• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)

• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
• March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

The temperature on May 16, 1869 was about 20.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.