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• Aldegonda Wilhelmina Anna Maria Wahl, Venlo († 1931)
• Maria Cornelia Van den Aarssen, Steenbergen († 1941)
• Andrew Dijkstra († 1940)
• Aldegonda Wilhelmina Anna Maria Wahl, Venlo († 1931)
• Aleida Beumer, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Taylor Burr, Sandusky, Sandusky, Ohio, United States († 1939)
• Anna Freund, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States († 1944)
• Aaltje Groot, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Albert Fokkes van der Veen, Oerterp, Fryslân, Nederlân
• Anna Barbara Voets, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)

• Antonia Gesina Huurman (23), Deventer
• Adriaantje Koppenaal (55), Melissant, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arent Binnes Kooistra (51), Leeuwarden
• Antje Jans Bruining (0), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Hartsuiker (33), Jakarta, Indonesie
• Albertus Henricus Eugelink (0), Bekveld
• Antonia Geffen, van (67), Tilburg
• Arendje Jans KLEIN (70), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Cornelis Joannes Rommes (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Antonetta van de Boomen (43), Asten

• 1862 » Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet († 1911)
• 1869 » Grace Andrews, American mathematician († 1951)
• 1874 » Ernest Duchesne, French physician († 1912)
• 1875 » Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1879 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier († 1917)
• 1879 » Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic († 1975)
• 1881 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal († 1968)
• 1882 » Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player († 1930)
• 1884 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician († 1942)

• 1829 » Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (b. 1774)
• 1832 » James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)

• 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.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
• November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

The temperature on May 30, 1869 was about 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.