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• Angelika Graubert, Chwaliszew, Wlkp., Poland
• Adolph Knock, Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa († 1956)
• "Maria Pia" Henrika Beata Hedwig Elisabeth Ludovika Praschma von Bilkau, Niemodlin / Falkenberg, Pologne († 1959)
• Anna Isabella Bedeer, Austruweel, Provincie Antwerpen († 1871)
• Antonia Anna Alexandrina Agnes Maria Sinkel, Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1949)
• Adrianus Twigt, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Anton Desiré Fransen van der Putte, Pasuruan, Java († 1892)
• Anthonie van Roekel, Ede († 1955)
• Aaltje van Fulpen, Maarssen
• Alida van Elk, Jutphaas, Nederland († 1869)

• Adriana Vogelaar (79), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Johanna Foccolina Koents (70), Koekange
• Adriana Jansdr Vogelaar (79), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aart van Hardeveld (1), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Vogelaar (79), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Abraham Boot (0), Woubrugge, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Maria van der Jagt (2), Amsterdam
• Adriana Clasina Schrevelius (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Zielman (63), Oudleusen, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Schaik (45), Benschop

• 1851 » Thomas Dewing, American painter († 1938)
• 1852 » Alice Liddell, English model († 1934)
• 1855 » Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog († 1872)
• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)

• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)

• 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.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
• August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
• November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The temperature on May 4, 1869 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.