About the day » Wednesday March 3, 1869Calender converter

• Anna Elisabeth Kors, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan den Exter, Terneuzen, Nederland
• Albrecht Strassburger, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Maria Catharina Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer
• Adrianus Molenaar, Nieuwe Niedorp
• 'Maria' Rosalie Thérèse Joséphine de WALQUE, Leuven, 24062, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique († 1945)
• Adriaan Johannes Diederik Orth, Batavia, Indonesië († 1923)
• Anne Koopman, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1900)
• Anthonia Johanna Burger, Cothen († 1869)
• Aagje Kraakman, Limmen, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1869)

• Aaltje Bouwman (65), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van de Wiel (0), Drunen, Noord Brabant, Holland
• Antje Bakker (0), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna IJpelaan (0), Castricum
• Adrianus Luijten (64), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Linden van der (70), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbe Therese Costeur (56), Menen, België
• Arie Blom (13), Langerak
• Anna IJpelaan (0), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Derk Matthijssen (55), Gendt

• 1860 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager († 1925)
• 1866 » Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago († 1914)
• 1868 » Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist († 1951)
• 1869 » Henry Wood, English conductor († 1944)
• 1871 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist († 1957)
• 1873 » William Green, American union leader and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1880 » Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1946)
• 1882 » Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman († 1949)
• 1882 » Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter († 1974)

• 1792 » Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
• 1850 » Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)

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.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• 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).
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.