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• Albert FABER, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes van der Meulen, Sluis, Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Kloters, Amsterdam († 1880)
• Adam Wijnands, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albartus Mondria, Vollenhove Ambt († 1941)
• Aaltje ROOZEN, Dordrecht († 1870)
• Albert Barmentlo, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1928)
• Adriaan Bierens, Alphen en Riel († 1936)
• Anna Maria Kloters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaltje Evegaars, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1870)

• Casper Hendrik le Roux (88)
• Bernardus Johannes van Hulst (68), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnould DUCHATEAU (70), Mechelen (B)
• Arie Willemsz. Keereweer (Kierwier) (67), Leiden
• Agatha Talboom (61), Westdorpe, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Bernardus Marius Ziedses des Plantes (34), Batavia, Java, Indonesië
• Alvin Dean (68), Floyd County, Georgia, United States
• Abel Tjapko Nieman (0), Groningen
• Anna Schoonderwoerd, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Antonie Heijnen (0), gastel

• 1854 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian († 1938)
• 1855 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense († 1931)
• 1861 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar († 1927)
• 1861 » Richard Sears, American tennis player († 1943)
• 1863 » Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1867 » Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa († 1963)
• 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)

• 1810 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (b. 1772)
• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)

• 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.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.

The temperature on October 16, 1869 was about 10.8 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.