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• Albert Leisner, Hollandscheveld (Gem. Hoogeveen)
• Albert Mier, Terschelling († 1907)
• Greutemeijer, Amsterdam († 1868)
• ??? van Vuurst, Utrecht († 1950)
• Albert Teunisen Garrits, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove († 1942)
• Albert Sherman Watts, Searcy, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1925)
• Petronella Catharina van Rijn, Schiedam
• Albert Gerrits Leisner, Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)
• Albertje Jannes Kloeze, Ruinen († 1870)
• Aaltje Aukes van der Vinne, Zevenhuizen († 1955)

• Abraham Hogervorst (0), Mijdrecht
• Annigje van Kooten, Benschop
• Andreas HEUSSI (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina VAN LEUVENSTIJN (40), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Sophia Kraals (1), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• *Simon van Dijk (70), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adrianus Malade (85), Nieuwkuijk
• Catharina Maria Adriana Saelman (4), Utrecht
• Alida Heemskerk (64), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Adelheid Arens (55), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1861 » Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1863 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet († 1952)
• 1865 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet († 1918)
• 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
• 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)

• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)

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 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.

The temperature on December 16, 1868 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.