About the day » Tuesday December 28, 1869Calender converter

• Desmedt Alphonsus, Minderhout, Antwerpen, België († 1960)
• AALTJE BAKKENES, 'S-GRAVENZANDE († 1913)
• Alieda Meiling, Hengelo, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Agatha Kouwenhoven, Zoetermeer
• Albert Edward Strauss († 1957)
• Anne Marie Catherie Bernarda Eweg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1963)
• (Stillborn) POMSTRA, Aduard Groningen Netherlands († 1869)
• Aartje Adrijana Koudstaal, Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Amplonia Vermeulen, Willige Langerak († 1933)
• Aaltje Hoveling, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1961)

• Anna Maria Berks berkx (87), sint odilienberg
• Anthonius Hermanus de Zeeuw (36), Utrecht, Netherland
• Adriaan ROGGEVEEN (44), Schagen
• Adriana van Zeelst (51), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Berks (87), Sint Odiliënberg, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Berends Hulsbergen (73), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Oudshoorn (0), Veur
• Antje van der Linden (28), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Padding (0), Het Haagje, Hoogeveen
• Anna ELZEVIER STOKMANS (0), Amsterdam

• 1842 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer († 1891)
• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

• 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 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

The temperature on December 28, 1869 was about -4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.