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• Adrienne Caroline Maria van Nispen, Zevenaar († 1905)
• Aart van de WERKEN, Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland († 1924)
• Aaltje Keegstra, Ee, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)
• Alida Mak, Schiedam
• Albert Dunning, Zuidwolde, Nederland
• Adrianus Ravestein, Kockengen († 1957)
• de Boer
• ARENDS, Roswinkel (Emmen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1869)
• Alida van Rheenen, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adrienne Caroline Marie van Nispen tot Sevenaer

• Antje Meints Koopmans (61), Weststellingwerf (FRL) The Netherlands
• Bernardus Nieuwhof (48), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonia Cornelia Viergever (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antje Burger (0), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Margaretha van der Helm (1), Rotterdam
• Andries de Graaff (0), Geervliet
• Christine CHARTRAND (38), St Jérôme, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
• Cornelia van Akkeren (69), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Gorp (12), Oerle (gemeente Veldhoven)
• Amanda Christine Peabody (1)

• 1858 » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist († 1922)
• 1863 » Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden († 1955)
• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)

• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)

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.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.

The temperature on January 7, 1869 was about 5.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.