About the day » Sunday January 3, 1869Calender converter

• albertus pieter van nahuijs, rotterdam
• Arjaantje Hameeteman, Ouddorp (Z.H.) († 1920)
• Adriana Hommels, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Alphons De Groote, Sint-Lievens-Essche († 1927)
• Adriana Westdorp, St. Annaland gem. Tholen Zld. NL († 1953)
• Anton Linder
• Anthonij Klein Geltink, Vorden (Linde)
• Adolf van Leersum, Utrecht († 1870)
• Abraham van de Velden, Putten
• Adrianus Cornelis Brekelmans, Tilburg († 1880)

• Lamberdina Sprangemeijer (30), Vught
• Alida TABBERS (78), Breda, Noord Brabant
• Angelina Breugelmans (25), Antwerpen
• Arnoldus Kregting (86), Ooy, NL
• Arnoldus van Vucht (0), Wamel
• Catharina van Melis (64), Stiphout, Nederland
• Albert Brandt Goudbeek (57), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Carolina BOECKMANS, Diest,3290,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Albert Brands Goudbeek (57), Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Clara Dautzenberg (73), Sippenaeken (B)-Terhagen

• 1861 » Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player († 1899)
• 1861 » William Renshaw, English tennis player († 1904)
• 1862 » Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland († 1939)
• 1865 » Henry Lytton, English actor († 1936)
• 1870 » Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author († 1946)
• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic († 1960)
• 1877 » Josephine Hull, American actress († 1957)
• 1880 » Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer († 1960)

• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)

• 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 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
• July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• 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 3, 1869 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.