About the day » Wednesday July 21, 1869Calender converter

• Alida Catharina Konijn, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Anna Cornelia Weijters, Oosterhout († 1919)
• Alfred Defourny, Herstal (B) († 1918)
• Aafke Lenting, Zuidbroek († 1939)
• Annigje Bakker, Beilen († 1872)
• Alphonsus Adrianus Leijten, Woensdrecht (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1940)
• Adriana Lucia de Coninck, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Maria van Daalen, Zoetermeer
• Adamina Ottevanger, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Busser, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1893)

• Aaltien SCHUTRUPS (21), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Franciscus Jagers (73), Grave
• Adrianus Druyts (79), Beerse
• Anna Maria Henrica de Bijl (45), Brussel (B.)
• Andries Touw (3), Goes
• Armkert ( Harmken) Kreunen (86), Gelselaaraankn
• Alberdina Hendrika Bruins (0), Olst
• Arie de Hart (28), Avenhorn
• Arie Leeflang (0), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Anna Catharina Schlechtriem (69), Kerkrade Limburg Nederland

• 1858 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator († 1941)
• 1858 » Lovis Corinth, German painter († 1925)
• 1858 » Maria Christina of Austria († 1929)
• 1863 » C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor († 1948)
• 1866 » Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker († 1926)
• 1870 » Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer († 1932)
• 1875 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1947)
• 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
• 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
• 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)

• 1798 » François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)

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.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
• 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.
• October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.

The temperature on July 21, 1869 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.