About the day » Monday July 12, 1869Calender converter

• Aaron B. Wile, Bloomingdale, Waterloo, Ontario
• Anna Kuitert, Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1906)
• Schimmelpennink, Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1869)
• Anna Maria Baalmann, Fresenburg, Lathen († 1887)
• Adriana Barentsen, Oost-en West-Souburg († 1937)
• Anna Lutz, Bretzingen, Baden, Germany († 1872)
• Anna Gerdina Steenks, Naaldwijk († 1924)
• Alphonsus Hubertus Bosmans, Hasselt, België († 1869)
• Albertus Altena, Lutten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1881)
• "Maria" Regina Mathilde Adele Friederike Franziska von Lepel, Beseritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Allemagne († 1940)

• Anna Reuvers (63), Alem, Maren en Kessel
• Christianus Arnoldus GREGOOR (20), Dordrecht
• Basilius Tancré, Ieper,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Abraham Riemens (27), Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Stolwijk (69), Haastrecht
• Holla, Sloten
• Andries van der Pluijm (79), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Schimmelpennink (0), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catherine REYNOLDS (60), Paddington, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Alida Elisabeth van der Marel (0), Maassluis

• 1861 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator († 1906)
• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1863 » Paul Drude, German physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)
• 1876 » Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher († 1988)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)
• 1878 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education († 1930)
• 1879 » Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician († 1976)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
• August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
• 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 July 12, 1869 was about 28.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.