Editing 1869 (section)

=== July&ndash;December ===
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Laurent Clerc]], French advocate for the American deaf (b. [[1785]])
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[John A. Roebling]], American bridge engineer (b. [[1806]])
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Carl Gustav Carus]], German physiologist (b. [[1789]])
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Casto Méndez Núñez]], Spanish admiral (b. [[1824]])
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Mary Ward (scientist)|Mary Ward]], Irish scientist, first car crash victim (b. [[1827]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[John Pascoe Fawkner]], Australian pioneer, settler and politician, (b. [[1792]])
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[Peter Mark Roget]], British lexicographer (b. [[1779]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Franklin Pierce]], 64, 14th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1804]])
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Anjou]], arctic explorer and admiral of the Russian Navy (b. [[1796]])
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve]], French literary critic (b. [[1804]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Joseph Ritner]], American politician (b. [[1780]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1799]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Charles A. Wickliffe]], American politician, 14th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (b. [[1788]])
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Christodoulos Hatzipetros]], Greek military leader (b. [[1799]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[John E. Wool]], general officer in the [[United States Army]], who served during the [[War of 1812]], [[Mexican–American War]], and the [[American Civil War]] (b. [[1784]])
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[Narcisa de Jesús Martillo]], Ecuadorian saint (b. [[1832]])
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]], American composer, pianist (b. [[1829]])
*[[December 24]] &ndash; [[Edwin Stanton]], American lawyer, judge and politician (b. [[1814]])