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• Alfred Charles Perrott, Mile End New Town, Middlesex, England († 1903)
• Andries Hollemans, Zevenbergen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1935)
• Adriaan TUKKER, Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Bernhard Loch, Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1868)
• Adriaan Tukker, Oud Alblas († 1899)
• Anthonie Joseph Ruiter, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriaantje van Leenen, Goudswaard († 1941)
• Adriaantje IJzerman, Nieuw-Beijerland
• Arthur Camilus Horre
• Adrianus van den Bogaard, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1869)

• Adriana Klok (30), Rozenburg
• Albert Harmannus Koerts (59), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Gerrits Slotboom, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharinus Johannes Hendrikus ROELANTS (66), Leiden
• Antonia Magrita Johanna Claassen (1), Rotterdam
• Antoinnetta Slotboom (15), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Zuur (0), Scharmer, Groningen, Nederland
• Alm Roelfs Garrelts (87), Nortmoor, Dld
• Anna Catharina Van Luunen (84), Grave
• Antonetta Gerrits (Antje) Slotboom (15), Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1859 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1935)
• 1862 » Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist († 1935)
• 1873 » Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand († 1935)
• 1875 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician, 1st Head of State of The Soviet Union († 1946)
• 1876 » Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist († 1964)
• 1877 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival († 1947)
• 1883 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1957)
• 1887 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1888 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban-American chess player and theologian († 1942)
• 1889 » Clifton Webb, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1966)

• 1822 » Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
• 1828 » Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1797)
• 1850 » Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (b. 1780)
• 1868 » Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
• 1883 » Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German-English engineer (b. 1823)
• 1887 » Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849)
• 1897 » William Seymour Tyler, American historian and academic (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (b. 1879)
• 1918 » Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838)

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 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

The temperature on November 19, 1868 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.