About the day » Saturday January 2, 1869Calender converter

• Alida Helsloot, Sloterdijk († 1869)
• Albertus Augustinus Brandse, Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Adelina Pupo Nogueira, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus Van Mierlo, Baardwijk († 1958)
• Aaltje Woudenberg, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1942)
• Abraham Gunter, St. Annaland gem. Tholen Zld. NL († 1946)
• Aaron Wolff, Den Haag († 1943)
• Ouwehand, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Adriana van den Biggelaar, Sint-Oedenrode, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1943)
• Andries Groen, Langerak († 1870)

• Aaltje Vos (0), Hollandscheveld
• Alberdina Johanna Henrietta Stormink (1), Epse
• Anna Gertrud Josepha Simons (0), Ubach Over Worms (L
• Alida Wijbes Nijsing (92), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Antonie de Vries (0), Baardwijk, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van den Broeck (84), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Albertdina Johanna Henrietta (kind) Stormink (1), Erve Krukkeland huisnr 201, Epse
• Aaltje Vos (1)
• Albertdina Johanna Henrietta Stormink (1), Gorssel, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Teunisdr Overwater (77), Numansdorp

• 1857 » M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist († 1935)
• 1860 » Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer († 1931)
• 1860 » William Corless Mills, American historian and curator († 1928)
• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

• 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.
• February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• 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 January 2, 1869 was about 7.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.