About the day » Tuesday November 16, 1869Calender converter

• Aaltje Zwaagdijk, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amanda Fowler, Columbus County, North Carolina († 1972)
• Blauwwiekel, Terheijl (Roden) († 1869)
• Annigje den Boon, Krimpen aan de Lek († 1956)
• Helmond, Culemborg (GL) († 1869)
• Adolphus Coune (Geboren als Neuteleers), Velm, België
• Adriana Elisabeth Zuijdwijk, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1937)
• Arend Cieraad, Assen († 1870)
• Aalbert Luijendijk, IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Angela Schue, Ensch, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1895)

• Gemmert, van (0), Wateringen
• Blauwwiekel (0), Terheijl (Roden)
• Alexander McMillan (82), Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Anthonij van de Klundert (48), Achthuizen, Oostflakkee, South Holland, The Netherlands
• Alida Maria Doornbos (0), Den Haag
• Adriaan van Baal (0), Halsteren
• Anna Verheij (65), Sliedrecht
• Albert Ghislain HARGOT (57), Seneffe,7180,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Antje Jacobs Broersen (69), Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• "Fausto" Manuel Antonio Mariano Ramón Cayetano Francisco Luis Nicolás Fernández de Córdoba (49), Vitoria, Espagne

• 1851 » Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress († 1929)
• 1856 » Jürgen Kröger, German architect († 1928)
• 1861 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician and journalist († 1930)
• 1862 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer († 1944)
• 1873 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer († 1958)
• 1874 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer († 1920)
• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)

• 1836 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)
• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)

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 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

The temperature on November 16, 1869 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.