About the day » Monday February 22, 1869Calender converter

• Adeline Dutillieux, Emelgem
• Adriana Christina Meerbach, Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Hendrika Gilden, Zierikzee († 1939)
• Alphonsus Swerts, Meerhout, Antwerpen, België
• Alphonsius Lems, Bassevelde (Assenede), Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje Steur, Volendam, Nederland († 1927)
• Adrianus van der Wulp, Heinenoord († 1872)
• Adrianus Adam VAN DER STEUR, Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Aaltje Tol, Edam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Kok, Lange Ruige Weide († 1948)

• Aaltje Bot (9), bleskensgraaf (zuid holland)
• Braat, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Cornelia Pleijte (geboren Butin) (69), Zuidzande, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annema (0), Opsterland
• Anna MOLENAAR (53), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kers (1), Culemborg
• Bont (0), Ter Apelkanaal, gemeente Vlagtwedde
• Adriaan van de Laak (69), Hilvarenbeek
• (Joanna) Maria van Grinsven (66), Sint Michielgestel
• Andreas Costermans (73), Winksele

• 1857 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic († 1894)
• 1857 » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association († 1941)
• 1860 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary († 1939)
• 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)
• 1881 » Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1956)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

• 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.
• 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 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.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
• August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.

The temperature on February 22, 1869 was about 0.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.