About the day » Sunday March 28, 1869Calender converter

• Raatjes, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1869)
• Albert Ekkelkamp, Avereest
• Adrianus Konijnenburg, Schiedam († 1869)
• Abraham Hermanus Oort, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Meerman, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Heidergott, Fransum, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje WIJNEN, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• A. C. Meyer († 1954)
• Albert Takken, Utrecht († 1939)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Beek, Zevenbergen († 1931)

• Adriana Voeten (69), Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Mulder (42), Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Alberta Henny (48), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Dymphna Verswyvel (71), Herselt, België
• Adriana Voeten (69), Ginneken en Bavel
• Raatjes (0), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• van der Aa (69), Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham de Wilde (47), Sint Maartensdijk
• Anna Maria Charlotta LOHSTROH (34), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Emerentia van Zeelst (60), Ammerzoden

• 1862 » Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

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.
• February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• 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 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• 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.

The temperature on March 28, 1869 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.