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• Arie Marinus Steen, Den Haag,- († 1951)
• Adriana Pieternella Duivenman, Rotterdam
• Adriana Kruijthoff, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltje Timmerman, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Meijs *Meys, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1941)
• annigje van der WAAL, zuid beijerland († 1871)
• Alphonsius Durinck, Graauw († 1868)
• Aafje Tetje Sienesd de Vries, Lemsterland =Lemmer, fr.nld
• Arie Rosmolen, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Amatus Vanhoutte, Kortemark

• anthonius vromans (64), Oisterwijk, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josepha Grein (52), Sittard
• Annigjen Sjoerds Gruppelaar (85), Wildervank
• Anna Catharina Vaessens (83), Epen, Gulpen-Wittem
• Anna Catharina Van den Brande, Londerzeel, 1840, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Anna Klaasse Buijs (80), Loosduinen
• Antonij Vromans (64), Oisterwijk-Noord-Brabant-NL
• Amelia Sophia Engeland (61), Langemark, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Alida Angenita Marie van Campenhout (33), Vlissingen, ZL
• Anna Claasdr. Buijs (80), Loosduinen, Nederland

• 1860 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer († 1904)
• 1861 » Florida Ruffin Ridley, African-American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer († 1943)
• 1862 » Frederick Delius, English composer († 1934)
• 1866 » Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter († 1944)
• 1866 » Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1867 » Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author († 1928)
• 1870 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant († 1927)
• 1874 » John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist († 1960)
• 1876 » Havergal Brian, English composer († 1972)
• 1877 » Georges Catroux, French general and diplomat († 1969)

• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Trijntje
15. Petronella
16. Elizabeth

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• 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.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on January 29, 1868 was about 5.4 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.