About the day » Saturday May 22, 1869Calender converter

• Albert Fokker, Nieuwkoop,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Albert Fokker, Nieuwkoop, Gemeente Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Abraham van der Haven, Hazerswoude († 1870)
• Alois VERMEERSCH, Zonnebeke,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Akke Jans Bergstra († 1943)
• Morsink, Wierden († 1869)
• Andreas Zentveld, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Alijda de Smit, Amersfoort († 1871)
• Abraham van der Haven, Hazerswoude († 1870)
• Anna Maria Dominica Dames, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland († 1939)

• Aldert Gerrits Schoonveld (83), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Alberta Wilhelmina van Steenhooven (39), Rotterdam
• Berend Wesselink (79), Grosseringe, Duitsland
• Abraham Jakob GROEN (80), Leiden, 6115, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Verdaasdonk (40), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ket (0), Utrecht
• Agnes Schreurs (63), Sevenum,Li.NL
• Alijda Meerveld (0), Stoutenburg
• Morsink (0), Wierden
• Aldert Gerrits Schoonveld (82), Uithuizermeeden, Gemeente Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1858 » Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor († 1935)
• 1859 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer († 1930)
• 1859 » Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator († 1935)
• 1864 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator († 1931)
• 1868 » Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician († 1934)
• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)
• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)

• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)

• 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.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• 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.
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

The temperature on May 22, 1869 was about 13.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.