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• Alice Marie Th Julie G DE POTTER, Rome, Lazio, Italy († 1918)
• ? ? († 1869)
• Aalbert van Beek, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham van de Panne, Duivendijke (Gem.Middenschouwen), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland († 1918)
• Aalbert van Beek († 1943)
• Adriaan Herman NEBBENS STERLING, Dordrecht
• Adriana Hulst, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Albert Boers, Olst († 1914)
• Aaltje Willemina Dalebout, Ellemeet gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Anna Bielefeld, Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States († 1955)

• Albertus Westerbaan (45), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Aase Larsen (93), Fjelstad, Gaard, Ringsaker, Hedemarken, Norway
• Anna Maria Sanders (71), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Verdam (55), Mijdrecht
• Adriaan Verduin (55), 's-Gravenmoer, Nederland
• Adriana Klazina Klok (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aantje | Aaltje van der VELDEN (23), Giessendam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Anna van Herwijnen (64), , Emmikhoven, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus van der PUT (47), Dongen
• Albertus Baart (67), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1863 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author († 1940)
• 1865 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1867 » Cupid Childs, American baseball player († 1912)
• 1867 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1933)
• 1870 » Nelson McDowell, American actor († 1947)
• 1871 » Guangxu Emperor of China († 1908)
• 1875 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian-American painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1876 » Alexander I of Serbia († 1903)
• 1880 » Fred Alexander, American tennis player († 1969)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

• 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.
• May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

The temperature on August 14, 1869 was about 13.6 °C. There was 0.5 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%.