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• Arie Burger, Sluipwijk, Nederland († 1936)
• Ann Yule Sim **, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Adrianus Lucas Braams, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1871)
• Adolphe Sap, Wingene
• Alida Cornelia Vis († 1870)
• Adolphe 1 Sap, Wingene, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1869)
• Albert van 't Hul, Oldebroek, Nederland
• --- de Brabander, Monster († 1868)
• Anna Elisabeth Gielen, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1930)
• Adam van Baren (Baaren), Eck &, Wiel († 1869)

• Adriana Kurvers (51), 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aldegonda Franken (62), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van der Plas (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Moelekert (74), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltien Bont (72), Groningen
• Adriana Stolp (72), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandre "Félicien" Rose de Baroncelli-Javon (58), Orange, Vaucluse, France
• Anna Cornelia van Boxel (79), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Annechien Jans Ebeltjes (73), Emmen
• Anna MOELIKER (74), Maartensdijk, St, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1858 » Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line († 1928)
• 1868 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan († 1957)
• 1869 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy († 1901)
• 1871 » Winston Churchill, American author and painter († 1947)
• 1873 » Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer († 1949)
• 1874 » Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter († 1954)
• 1878 » Cy Morgan, American baseball player († 1962)
• 1879 » Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising († 1916)
• 1879 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator († 1931)
• 1880 » Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor († 1959)

• 1808 » Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-born English general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1724)
• 1852 » Gideon Mantell, English scientist (b. 1790)
• 1865 » Henry Wirz, Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (b. 1823)
• 1869 » John E. Wool, American general (b. 1784)
• 1873 » Maria Jane Williams, Welsh musician and folklorist (b. circa 1794)
• 1887 » Louis Lingg, German-American carpenter and activist (b. 1864)
• 1891 » Arthur Rimbaud, French poet and educator (b. 1854)
• 1909 » George Essex Evans, Australian poet and educator (b. 1863)
• 1917 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Anita Berber, German dancer (b. 1899)

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.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• 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 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.

The temperature on November 10, 1868 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.