About the day » Monday October 18, 1869Calender converter

• Adriana Verdonk, 's-Heer-Arendskerke,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1937)
• Agatha Dekker, Wemeldinge († 1913)
• Aartje Tenkink, Epe († 1960)
• Albert Weessies, Eppenhuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)
• Bos, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1869)
• Zomer, Zuidwolde († 1869)
• Adrianus van der WAL Dzn, Goedereede, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1870)
• Allegonda Geertruida Homans, Heemstede, Noord Holland († 1944)
• Alphonse Breuer, Verviers (B) († 1871)
• Alida Stamrood († 1874)

• Annigje Hol (73), Haastrecht, Gemeente Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Johannes Leurink (20), Op zee
• Zomer (0), Zuidwolde
• Adolf Johannes LEURINK (20), Op zee
• Adriana Donders, Tilburg
• Adriana van Rooijen (73), Alphen en Rietveld
• Anton Smits (0), Oss
• Arie van den Ende (28), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobi Dickens (79), Weelde
• Albert van Putten (44), Elburg, Nederland

• 1859 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1862 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general († 1952)
• 1865 » Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author († 1957)
• 1865 » Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic († 1946)
• 1868 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author († 1931)
• 1870 » D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar († 1966)
• 1872 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author († 1936)
• 1873 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy († 1951)
• 1875 » Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1955)
• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)

• 1817 » Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)

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.
• February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• 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).
• 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.

The temperature on October 18, 1869 was about 9.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.