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• Anna Helena Harbers, Dalen († 1950)
• Adolf Soetebier, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1868)
• Adrianus van der Avoort, Vlijmen († 1868)
• Adrianus Aaldijk, Schiedam († 1938)
• Anna Margaretha Kortenaij, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje de Wit, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 1881)
• Albert Pieters Vrijburg, Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Derk de Winter, Noordwijk
• Borghart, Rotterdam
• Aart Goedhart, Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aldegonda Timmermans (27), Venlo
• Adriana Verbeek (47), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Adrianus Pieter (3) van Sprang (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Cornelia van Hassel (56), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Adriana Pijnenburg (46), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Annesd Hoekstra (62), Gaasterland, fr.nld
• Adam VAN BEMMELEN (5), Zoeterwoude
• "Julie" Marie Louise Andromique Blanquet de Rouville (76), Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
• Antonius Louwis (69), Bunde, Meerssen
• Adam van Bemmel (5), Zoeterwoude

• 1860 » Emma Booth, English author († 1903)
• 1862 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company († 1934)
• 1864 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale († 1892)
• 1865 » Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist († 1943)
• 1866 » William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia († 1940)
• 1867 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1870 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1930)
• 1871 » James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland († 1940)
• 1873 » Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania († 1953)
• 1876 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Latvia († 1934)

• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)

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.
• May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
• December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on January 8, 1868 was about -4.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.