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• Anna Gertrud* Dahlhoff, Milte, Krs. Wiedenbrück († 1919)
• Anna Engelina Tuin, Nieuwe Pekela (NL) († 1925)
• Ada Belle Cromer, LaGrange, Indiana († 1947)
• Albert Stevens, Grolloo, Rolde († 1898)
• Adriana van Limbeek, Noordwolde, 8391, Nederland († 1948)
• Abraham Colmans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1869)
• Anna Oosterhof, Drachten
• Anna Hopmans, Engelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van LIMBEEK, Weststellingwerf(Fr) († 1948)
• Aaltje Johannes Benedick, Lemsterland

• Andreas Franz Vortisch (38), Grötzingen, Baden, Germany
• Abram Vermaas (60), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Abraham Vermaas (60), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Joanna VERSPECHT (74), Merchtem,1785,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Arie Brand (33), Bleskensgraaf
• Aaltje Jans Bentem (63), Wildervank
• Anna Maria Gertrut (Geertruid) (Ouders:Derk Haardiek (Haardijk), Maria Haardiek (Haardijk) (geboren Kamps)) Haardiek (91), Anerveen NL
• Aaltje Bakker (41), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna de Rooij (4), Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Elisabeth Stevens (52), Nieuwenhagen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1856 » Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, American heiress († 1921)
• 1862 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author († 1911)
• 1869 » William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author († 1963)
• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)

• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)

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.
• 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 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• 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.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.

The temperature on August 21, 1869 was about 17.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.