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• Andries Sint Nicolaas, 's-Gravendeel, 3295, Nederland († 1869)
• Aaltje Laarhuis, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria HUTTINGA, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland († 1899)
• Annette (Anne) Corper, Mile End Old Town, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom († 1952)
• Antonie Reugebrink, Hengelo
• Aaltje Wijnen, Oldebroek († 1944)
• Adrianus Jonkers, Haarlemmermeer,Haarlemmermeer,Noord Holland,Nederland († 1950)
• Antonia Jacoba Klein Meuleman, Avereest
• Abraham Bierman, Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Wijnen, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1944)

• Adrianus Florisz Linden, van der (90), Dordrecht
• Albert Gerbens Heijstra, Heidstra (73), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Daatzelaar (41), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Blom (50), Wemeldinge
• Adriana Cornelia Kerremans Kerremans (0), Oosterhout
• Albert Gerbens Heidstra (Heystra) (73), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Daatzelaar (41)
• Albert Gerbens Heidstra (73)
• Adrianus Kruijning (53), Schiedam,-
• Alois Bieg (0)

• 1857 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer († 1926)
• 1858 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer († 1941)
• 1863 » Mary Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist († 1930)
• 1864 » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist († 1943)
• 1874 » Charles Lightoller, English 2nd officer on the RMS Titanic († 1952)
• 1874 » Josiah McCracken, American hammer thrower, shot putter, and football player († 1962)
• 1874 » Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Romania († 1953)
• 1875 » Thomas Xenakis, Greek-American gymnast († 1942)
• 1879 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater († 1954)
• 1880 » Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist, playwright, and memoirist († 1964)

• 1830 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
• 1840 » Beau Brummell, English-French fashion designer (b. 1778)
• 1842 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755)
• 1864 » Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1873 » Bénédict Morel, Austrian-French psychiatrist and physician (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Premier of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1896 » Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1832)
• 1912 » Karl May, German author (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1861)

• 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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
• 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.

The temperature on March 30, 1869 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.