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• Alberta Gerarda Johanna Siebers, Grave († 1897)
• Albert Pieters Boersma, Rauwerderhem
• Adriana Roelofs, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Adrianus Boon, Assendelft NH NL († 1872)
• Aafje Breeuwer, Zaandam († 1945)
• Adrianus Nicolaas van den Heuvel, Willeskop († 1869)
• Adriana Roelofs, Vlaardingen
• Alida Spruijt, Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Albert Zwakman, Hoogwoud († 1941)
• Alida Maria Spruijt, Nederhorst den Berg, Nederland († 1933)

• Aaltje Everts (70), Putten-Huinen
• Albertien Arents Breider (89), Hollandscheveld (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Aaltjen Geerdink (0), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes Linnenbank (59), Jutphaas
• Aaltje Evertsen (Eversen Everts) (71), Putten
• Albertjen Arents Breider, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albertje Arends Breijder (69), Hollandseveld, A-254 te Hoogeveen
• Albertien Arents Breider (89), Hollandscheveld
• Aaltje Evertsen (70), Putten
• Aartje Willemina van Meeuwen (38), Asperen

• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)

• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)

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 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
• 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 23, 1869 was about 4.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.