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• Abraham Hendriksz Klingeler, Warmenhuizen, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Adriana Maria Eijkelenboom, Capelle aan den IJssel
• Alexandre Emile Jules Louchart, Vieux-Berquin, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk († 1894)
• Antoinette Wijnanda Christina Andrea Meuskens, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Albert van Baardwijk, Nieuwkuijk († 1940)
• Abraham Johannes Fokker, Zuidzande, Zeeland, Nederland Nederland († 1869)
• Albert Langenberg, Oudehaske († 1927)
• Alphonse Jules Baudry, Caudebec les Elboeuf, 76320, France
• Antje Philippus Salverda, Vrouwenparochie († 1899)
• Albert Hidding, Holland, V.S († 1918)

• "Just" Louis Bernard Madeleine de Froissard (64)
• Adrianus van de Ven (37), Vlijmen
• Anna Griet Specken "spekken (35), Odoorn
• Spithoven, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Oeveren (54), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Krijgsman (73), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan BAKEN (71), Valkenswaard, 4301, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Therese Beyens (67), Eindhout, België
• Adriana Krijgsman (74), Sint Annaland
• Antonius Beltman (58), Dalfsen

• 1856 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician († 1937)
• 1863 » Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer († 1895)
• 1868 » Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral († 1918)
• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)
• 1880 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist († 1911)
• 1883 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor († 1959)
• 1883 » Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator († 1976)
• 1884 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner († 1932)

• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)

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 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The temperature on April 12, 1869 was about 24.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 39%.