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• Abraham Gunter, St. Annaland gem. Tholen Zld. NL († 1946)
• Adrianus Schipperen, Raamsdonksveer († 1946)
• Alida Sara Maria van der Kaaij, Utrecht
• Aaltje Maas, Groningen, Nederland († 1870)
• Aart Benjamin van Zee, Pella (Marion), Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1912)
• Agatha Wilhelmina van Alphen, Naaldwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adriana van den Biggelaar, Sint-Oedenrode, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1943)
• Adriana van der Zande, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1945)
• Aaron Wolff, Den Haag († 1943)
• Aaltje van Veen, Zwartsluis († 1944)

• Alberdina Johanna Henrietta Stormink (1), Epse
• Anna Teunisdr Overwater (77), Numansdorp
• Albertus de Bruin (66), Bleiswijk
• Andreas Payeur (58), Wilsele
• Albert Schaap (0), Groningen
• Anna Gertrud Josepha Simons (0), Ubach Over Worms (L
• Anna Teunisdr. Overwater, Numansdorp
• Albertdina Johanna Henrietta Stormink (1), Epse
• Anna Teunisd OVERWATER (77), Numansdorp
• Antonius van Leent (54), Roermond

• 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)

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.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• 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.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

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%.