About the day » Friday February 12, 1869Calender converter

• Anna Frederika Elsina Lambrechts, Arnhem, Nederland († 1919)
• Adriana van Putten, Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Alva Kellis, Lynchburg, Highland Co.Ohio († 1945)
• Albert Reinder Bakker, Zuidbroek, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Maria Vos, Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Maria Inger, Krefeld (D) († 1870)
• Adriaan SCHOTEL, Dordrecht († 1869)
• Albertus Mooi, Delfzijl (Groningen) († 1869)
• Anna Meta Schnakenberg, Schmalenbeck 18
• Alison Agnes Greentree, Tamworth, NSW, AU

• Antje Keijzer (37), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Zeeuw (53), Overschie
• Anneke IJsbrands Wagenaar (88), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hoeven (34), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna van de Werken (56), Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Keijzer (37), Zijpe
• Anna Cornelia Cox (74), Zundert
• Aalt van Hoorn (49), Nijkerk-Veen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aldegonda Heijer (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelis (Cornelisdr) Langerhorst (66), Diemen, Nederland

• 1857 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1857 » Eugène Atget, French photographer († 1927)
• 1861 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author († 1937)
• 1866 » Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher († 1938)
• 1869 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor († 1884)
• 1870 » Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer († 1922)
• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)

• 1804 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)

• 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 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

The temperature on February 12, 1869 was about 4.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.