About the day » Saturday August 7, 1869Calender converter

• Algonda Stolwijk, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1902)
• Albertus Theodorus Sala, Leiden
• Adrianus Antonius Stabel, Poppel, België († 1941)
• Antonia Cornelia den Hartog, Culemborg († 1904)
• Adriana Breure, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1869)
• Annechien Stukje, Lula, gem. Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Luiten, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Antonia Maria Luijten, Monster († 1869)
• Albert van Eijken, Brussel († 1918)
• * Teuntje Boxman, Hardinxveld († 1953)

• Alida van Krimpen, Dussen (NL)
• Aaltje Mulder (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christianus van Ekelenburg (0), Nieuw-Helvoet
• Antje van Rigteren (47), Zaandam (NH NL)
• Andreas George Portier (49), Solo
• Arie Goes (37), Bunnik
• Albertus Kuipers (44), Asuncion, Paraguay
• Arnoldus Gerardus Dujardin (50), Groesbeek
• Christina Gubbels (48), Bergharen, Gelderland, Nederland
• AAGJE WILS (78), Goudswaard, Nederland

• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)

• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)

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 6 » Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
• May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
• October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
• October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

The temperature on August 7, 1869 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.