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• Albert Bosscher, De Waarden, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Swaab, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Kessack, Greencraig, Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland († 1946)
• Adriana De Vos, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1943)
• Mechteldis Dohmen, Melick-Herkenbosch
• Angelica Helsen, Westerlo (2260, Antwerpen)
• Aaltjen Gast, Almelo († 1897)
• Aaltje van der Louw, Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1954)
• Alida Beeker, Oterleek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Albert Vos, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Antonius van den Hurk, Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Caroline Joséphine CLEYS (0), Lille, 59350, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Aaltjen Roelfs van Dijken (84), Engelbert
• Arends Stoter (81), Hoogeveen
• Adriana Molenaars (41), Wouw
• Cornelis Ariens de Boer (57), Midsland, Terschelling
• Cornelia Lauwerina Keller (65)
• Adriana Oosterlaken (62), Gouderak
• Cornelis Gerardus van der Velden (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje van Dellen (64), Burum

• 1854 » José Canalejas, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1912)
• 1858 » Marion Talbot, influential American educator († 1948)
• 1858 » Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist († 1936)
• 1860 » Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1867 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart († 1966)
• 1875 » Jacques Villon, French painter († 1963)
• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)
• 1883 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer († 1959)
• 1884 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician († 1945)

• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

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.
• March 24 » The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
• April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
• October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
• 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 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.

The temperature on July 31, 1869 was about 23.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.