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• Adrianus van den Haak, Zevenhuizen 80 († 1870)
• Adrianus Jacobus Timmers, Vianen († 1946)
• Anna Maria Catharina Nagels, Itegem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1945)
• Adriana Petronella Maria RIKKERS, Utrecht († 1873)
• Anna Cornelia den Engelse, Klundert (N.B.) († 1917)
• Agnese Tomás de Aquino, Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Agnes Margaretha SEGERS, Maaseik,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriana Anlina Loots, Vierhuizen, Ulrum,, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Aloisius Franciscus Pijl, Sint-Pauwels (Oost-Vlaanderen) België († 1955)
• Allie (Fisher) HUDSON, Davis Creek, West Virginia († 1950)

• Derk Johan Pieter Nicolaas Gaijmans (0), Nieuwkoop, Gemeente Nieuwkoop, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Breugelmans (58), Pulderbos
• Caspar Hendrik Schultz (76), Utrecht
• Boudewijn DONKER CURTIUS (59), Arnhem
• Anthoinetta Wilhelmina Goenee (0), Utrecht
• Antje Melles Binnema
• Antonius van Herpen (71), Heesch
• Adriaantje DOORN (1)
• Cornelia Prinse (0), Nieuw en Sint Joostland, Nederland
• Anna Huberta Flos (1), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1854 » Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet († 1891)
• 1858 » John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1943)
• 1859 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher († 1952)
• 1864 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico († 1951)
• 1874 » Charles Ives, American composer († 1954)
• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)

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.
• May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
• June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

The temperature on October 20, 1869 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.