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• Bartholomeus van der Steen, Utrecht
• Antonia Ferraz de Campos, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil († 1954)
• Barbara Bulk, Gouda († 1869)
• Anje Jansen, Westerwijtwerd (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1888)
• Adriana Lulius van Goor, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Johanne Kjelmo († 1957)
• Alistes Leonard, Nebraska († 1948)
• Antje Tijsen, Wieringen († 1887)
• Adriaan Heijboer, Sint-Annaland, 4697, Nederland († 1873)
• Akke Pijkstra, Ezinge († 1956)

• Albert Willem Hinderink (65), Dedemsvaart
• Aukje Jelkes Sytzema (Sytsema) (86), Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Akke Jelkes Sijtsema (86), Rottum (Frl.)
• Anna Maria van der Aar (31), Heemstede,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Barbara Mock (50), Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• Adriana Snikker, Noordwijk
• Aukjen Jelkes Sytzema (86), ,, Rottum, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Abels Dethmers (57), Blijham (gem. Westerwolde)
• Ariaantje Jacobs Snikker (73), Noordwijk
• Adriana Maria van DRIEL (0), Ridderkerk, Gemeente Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1850 » Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician († 1921)
• 1853 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic († 1914)
• 1857 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1914)
• 1861 » William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian († 1948)
• 1866 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player († 1916)
• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)
• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)
• 1888 » Florence La Badie, Canadian actress († 1917)

• 1813 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)

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.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The temperature on April 27, 1869 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.