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• Anna Maria Kaulbach, Velsen († 1960)
• Aaldert Menger, Weststellingwerf, Vinkega († 1959)
• Adriaan Bakx, Steenbergen (Steenbergen en Kruisland) (Noord-Brabant) († 1870)
• Alida Johanna Reekers, Den Helder, Noordholland, Nederland († 1871)
• Aaltje Vos, Sauwerd, Adorp († 1939)
• Anna Zoon, Wijk aan Zee, Nederland († 1945)
• Anthonie Stephanus Velthuijzen, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Adrianus Bakx, Steenbergen († 1870)
• Aafien Schepel, Siddeburen (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1870)
• Alida Oud, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Harm Giethoorn (58), Avereest
• Catherine Élisabeth Joséphine MARTIN (86), Boulogne-sur-Mer,62160,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Annigje Nannes Jager (63), Blijham, Groningen, Nederland
• Cora Hereford
• * Elizabeth 't Hoen (43), Sliedrecht
• Adrianus Jacobus Straathoff (49), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina van der Lubbe (30), Rijswijk
• Catherine Rose Josephe Gallant (81), Komen
• Adrianus Jacobus Straathof (49), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Verhage (0), Kattendijke, Zeeland, NL

• 1860 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco († 1937)
• 1864 » Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor († 1954)
• 1872 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1873 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education († 1936)
• 1874 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon († 1937)
• 1877 » Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author († 1967)
• 1878 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. († 1966)
• 1878 » Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1880 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach († 1957)

• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)

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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• 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.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
• 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 December 31, 1869 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.