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• Aaltje VENEMA, Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1925)
• Anna van der Voort, Rijnsaterwoude († 1869)
• Aafje van Geest, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Suijkerbuijk, Steenbergen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Anne Agnes Hassing, Minnesota († 1950)
• ADELIA MARIA ROLUS, ROUBAIX,NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS,FRANCE († 1939)
• Alice Rosalie Herminie Proot, Woumen
• Aaltje Jandr Voorthuijsen, Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Albert Busker, Laude gem. Vlagtwedde († 1869)
• Aldegondis Bogaerts, Hasselt, België († 1954)

• Antonia Verheijen (47), Bergharen
• Conrardus Janssen (89)
• Abraham Veldhoen (83), Barendrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia Vogel, de (58), Haarlem
• Adriana van Raak (0), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend VIETOR (88)
• Antje van `t Schip (49), Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catarina Jacobsdr. DUT (72), Warffum(Gr)
• Antonia Verhaijen (47), Bergharen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina van Vliet (1), Vlaardinger-Ambacht

• 1863 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal († 1932)
• 1867 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria († 1919)
• 1868 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist († 1935)
• 1869 » Arthur Rostron, English captain († 1940)
• 1872 » Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal († 1961)
• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)

• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)

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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
• February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.

The temperature on May 14, 1869 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 40%.