1869

Births

 * December 22:
 * Benjamin Baker Moeur - 8th Governor of Arizona (d. 1937)

Deaths

 * October 8:
 * Franklin Pierce - 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
 * November 21:
 * Benjamin Fitzpatrick - Senator of Alabama (b. 1802)
 * December 14:
 * Henry Matson Waite - Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (b. 1787)