About the day » Monday September 20, 1869Calender converter

• Anne Catherine Smits, Mechelen,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Aagje Prins, Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje DIRKSE, Ilpendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Akke van den Berg, Hogeveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1936)
• Adrianus Cornelis Akkermans, Zevenbergen († 1928)
• Aagje Jong, Zwaag († 1873)
• Aagje Groot, Venhuizen, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Albertus Westendorp, Dwingeloo, Westerveld, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1920)
• Anna Maria Catharina Maassen, Venlo, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana Catharina van der Hooft, Terneuzen, Nederland († 1869)

• Antje Roelofs (Roels) Bos (77), Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Borgmann (37), Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charles Stevens CRAMB (3), Sandwich, Kendall, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Helena Borgmann (37), Nieuw-Schoonebeek
• Antje Roelofs Bos (77), Ooststellingwerf,Friesland,Nederland
• Alke Harms Maarsingh (73), Sellingen, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arie Jacob Sneep (47), nieuwenhoorn
• Antje Jelles van der Kooi (33), Twijzel
• Anna Christina Christen (89), Utrecht
• Aafje Kroon (66), Den Helder

• 1861 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress († 1955)
• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) († 1932)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)
• 1880 » Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic († 1968)
• 1884 » Maxwell Perkins, American editor († 1947)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

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.
• April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
• May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
• October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
• 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.

The temperature on September 20, 1869 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.