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• Anna Bink, Leiden († 1870)
• Adriana Kamerman, Andel († 1918)
• Aloijsius Hendrikus Josephus Schütz, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Ewijk, Rhenen
• Adriana van Dun, Helvoirt († 1953)
• Adriaan Adamse, Veere († 1869)
• Aagje MOOKHOEK, Dubbeldam († 1904)
• Albertus Zaal, Aarlanderveen
• Anna Johanna Christina de Greef, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloys Renatus Morreel, Klerken († 1897)

• Arie Nap (0), Kamerik
• Maria Theresia Ba(e)ten (34), Oudenbosch
• * Arie (1) de Groot (0), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Agnes Maria Barbara Clementine van Matuschka van Toppolczan-Spätgen (17), Oppeln, Polen
• Berend Spiele (66), Losser, 7581, Nederland
• Andreas Josephus van Hilst (0), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Kraakman (0), Limmen, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Symens Brinksma (75), Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf
• (0), Limmen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Siemens Brinksma (75), Oosterwolde

• 1857 » Sandford Schultz, English cricketer († 1937)
• 1861 » Byron G. Harlan, American singer († 1936)
• 1862 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia († 1928)
• 1862 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)
• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

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 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

The temperature on August 29, 1869 was about 26.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.