About the day » Saturday July 24, 1869Calender converter

• Aagje Niezen, Nieuwer-Amstel(NH) († 1911)
• Aloisius De Wilde, Moerbeke
• Anna Elizabeth PRETORIUS, Groot Waalhoek († 1893)
• Ale Stephanes van Kammen, Surhuizum († 1957)
• Albert Arends, Ommen († 1870)
• Adriana Lucia van den Broek, Tilburg († 1870)
• Ale Stefanus van Kammen, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Anthonia van Willikhuizen, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amélia VAN CAPPELLEN, Humbeek,1851,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anthonia Johanna Mathilda "Anna" Heijer, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1927)

• Aaltje ter Stege (36), Hoogeveen nederland
• Alida Jacoba Rijsdijk (0), Charlois
• Andries Rietveld (83), Bunnik
• Anna Catharina Frederica Frissen (0), Sint-Pieter, Maastricht
• Alida Catharina Jongeneel (65), Utrecht
• Aaltje Lindenhovius (64), Den Ham
• Adriaan Elenbaas (0), Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aletta Maria Verhoog, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba Rijsdijk (0), Charlois, Nederland
• Arentje van Schendel (Schijndel) (70), Vlaardingen, ZH, Nederland

• 1860 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1860 » Princess Charlotte of Prussia († 1919)
• 1864 » Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright († 1918)
• 1867 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author († 1940)
• 1867 » Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1867 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet († 1908)
• 1874 » Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author († 1917)
• 1877 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss († 1954)
• 1878 » Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1957)
• 1880 » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and educator († 1959)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

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.
• February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• 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.
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

The temperature on July 24, 1869 was about 17.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.