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• Albertus Scholten, Radewijk, Hardenberg, Ambt († 1949)
• Aaltjen Laarhuis, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1962)
• Anne Célina Joséphine BOTHY
• Antje Buwalda, Witmarsum (Wonseradeel)
• Aaltje Zijp, Abbekerk, Nederland († 1920)
• Antje Aukes Buwalda, Witmarsum
• Aaltje Zijp, Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Abraham Bierman, Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Albertus Scholten, Radewijk († 1949)
• Anje Jakobs Ploegman, Uithuizen († 1869)

• Aartje Daatzelaar (41), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Florusz van der Linden (90), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Amalia Maria Adelina Craanen (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Kerremans Kerremans (0), Oosterhout
• Aartje Daatzelaar (41)
• Anna Catharina (Esser) Essers (74), Wetten-Kevelaer
• Anastasie Joseph Berthels (1), Ottignies, 1340, België
• Anna Elisabeth Vos (7)
• Adrianus Kruining, Schiedam
• Adrianus van Sinnen (74), Zevenbergen

• 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.
• March 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• 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.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.

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%.