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• Anna Maria van der Knaap, Monster
• Adriaan van der Westerlaken, Rosmalen († 1951)
• Adelaine Gertrude Jaqueline Kesting, Amsterdam
• Aagje Maria van Giersbergen, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Abraham Dormits, Zutphen,Gemeente Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1906)
• Agina Keizer, Godlinze, Bierum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands († 1906)
• Adrianus Vendrig, Oudenrijn († 1869)
• N.N. Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1869)
• Aaltje Moes, Ambt-Hardenberg
• Anna Maria Aalst, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)

• Apolonia Dobbelaar (77), Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Sluis (0), Muggenbeet (Giethoorn)
• Cornelia Pauw (36), Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Brancart Catherine (59), Halle
• Anna Sibilla (Anna Sijbilla)\ Hamler (82), Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berendina Hinkamp (Henkamp) (80), Winterswijk
• Arendje Altena (4), Genemuiden
• Apolonia Dobbelaer (77), Stoppedijk
• Antje Bruining (0)
• Andries Hendriks van der Honing (19), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)
• 1885 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia († 1967)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

• 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.
• May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
• 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.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

The temperature on May 31, 1869 was about 12.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.