About the day » Wednesday December 1, 1869Calender converter

• Adolphe Benoit JOURNE, Maintenay (FRA)
• Adrianus Plat, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Anna Beekman, Arnemuiden († 1947)
• Andriesje Dijkstra, Spanga († 1936)
• Allert Drentje, Aduard († 1870)
• Adrianus Theodorus Schrader, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Andries Ijsbrands de Jong, Bozum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1921)
• Albert Sprenger, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1935)
• Anna Josephina Maria de Rooij, Tilburg
• Albinus Franciscus Janssens, Uitkerke, België

• Antje Vel (59), Twisk
• Cornelis (Creelis) Borst (78), Abcoude-Proostdij
• Anna Margaretha Hoenen (32), Krawinkel, Sittard-Geleen
• Anna Gertruid Wiertz (52), Vaals
• Anna Christina Hubertina van Roegen (40), Oberkassel
• Alphonsus Franciscus mattheus Koemans (0), Arcen en Velden
• Christaan Frederik Jr. van Wotki (29), Rotterdam
• Catharina van de Plasse (77), Kruiningen (76jr)
• Alphée Celestin MUYARD (17), Grand Chatel,39260,Jura,Franche-Comté,FRANCE
• Anna Gerrits (70), Oploo

• 1846 » Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1923)
• 1847 » Julia A. Moore, American poet († 1920)
• 1855 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania († 1943)
• 1869 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic († 1923)
• 1871 » Archie MacLaren, English cricketer († 1944)
• 1871 » George Howard Williams, American politician and attorney, United States Senator from Missouri († 1963)
• 1883 » Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic († 1974)
• 1884 » Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher († 1976)
• 1886 » Rex Stout, American detective novelist († 1975)
• 1886 » Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China († 1976)

• 1825 » Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)
• 1866 » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)
• 1867 » Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)
• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)

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.
• March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The temperature on December 1, 1869 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.