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• Adriana Johanna Snijder, Rotterdam († 1872)
• Aaltje Niesing, Woerden
• Anna BUUS († 1901)
• Anna Maria Steenvoorden, Lisse († 1871)
• Adriana Magdalena Poot, De Lier, 2678, Nederland († 1871)
• Adriana Bikker, Meerkerk († 1893)
• Anna Maria POST, Delft (Zuid-Holland, Nederland) († 1915)
• Anna Maria Giebels, Maasniel, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1945)
• 'Etienne' Marie François de MOFFARTS, Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique († 1950)
• Aaltje Niesing, Woerden,, Utrecht, Nederland

• Adrianus Lafors (64), Vlaardingen
• Anthonia Caroline Marianne Henriëtte Leutrum van Ertingen (75), Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
• Antonia Wilhelmina Helena Muller (17), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Angelina Francisca Dorothea Tomei (0), Amby, Zuid-Limburg
• Aletta van der Steen (73), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Nooteboom (66), Amsterdam, 1014, Nederland
• van Antwerpen, Tilburg
• Andreas the Younger ANDORFER (45), Jidvei, Alba, România
• Andries van der VEEN (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Bezu Bazuin (74), Paterswolde (Eelde) 34

• 1861 » Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1863 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet († 1952)
• 1865 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet († 1918)
• 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
• 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)

• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)

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.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The temperature on December 16, 1869 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.