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• Aafje Luijendijk, Nieuw-Beijerland, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1869)
• Anna Maria Raaphorst, Wateringen
• Amelia Emilie Henrici, Mohaka, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand († 1956)
• Alphonse Deprez, Trognee
• Aleida Wilhelmina Bouwman, Gaanderen, Nederland
• Agatha van Heijningen, Stompwijk († 1950)
• Adriaan Bergers, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1948)
• Alberta Eksteen, Meppel, Nederland († 1925)
• Annigje Harms Meinders, Het Schut (Hoogeveen) († 1948)
• Aart MAAT, Ottoland († 1948)

• Bouwen Symens (Siemens) de Vries (66), Ferwerderadeel
• Arie Neeleman (13), Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Bonifacius Francies Claeijs (49), Graauw en Langendam,Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie Abbenes (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Verkerk (53), Groot Ammers
• Albertus Philippus Petrus Corveleyn (0), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Arien van Twuijver (63), Zuid-Scharwoude
• arie DAMSTEEG (58), lekkerkerk
• N.N. Rovers, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Caatje van der Knaap (75), Kethel en Spaland, Nederland

• 1858 » Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts († 1939)
• 1859 » Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer († 1933)
• 1861 » Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist († 1936)
• 1870 » Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting († 1960)
• 1871 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer († 1960)
• 1872 » Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia († 1941)
• 1873 » María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet († 1947)
• 1880 » Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever († 1999)
• 1882 » Max Decugis, French tennis player († 1978)

• 1834 » Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
• 1848 » Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817)
• 1863 » William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)
• 1889 » Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
• 1889 » D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
• 1896 » Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
• 1930 » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)

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.
• May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
• May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• 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 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.
• November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

The temperature on September 24, 1869 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.