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• Adrianus Johannes van Dijk, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1870)
• Alida Johanna Huijg, Noordwijkerhout († 1909)
• Aletta Sophia PRETORIUS
• Abelina Lukkina Vegter, Wildervank
• Anna Leida Kersten, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
• Annetje van der Werf, Borbeck OLD
• Anna van Unnik, Rotterdam († 1926)
• Anna Neef, Heusden († 1955)
• Adriana Hendrika Maas, Eersel († 1869)
• Adriana van der Velden, Heukelum (NL)

• anna maria vermeer (70), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amélie Sophie Joseph Deswarte (68), Vieux-Berquin, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk
• Antoon (Heinrich Antonius) Berends (68), TerApelkanaal
• Asenath Jackson (80), Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts
• Adrianus (Arie) van Diepen (63), Obdam
• Arend Blomsma (1), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Antje DUIJVIS (78), Koog aan De Zaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Maurer (46)
• Antje Piers Blanksma (26), Sexbierum (gem. Waadhoeke)
• Anna Maria Reubsaet (Rupzaat) (88), Kralingen-Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1861 » Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist († 1929)
• 1867 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author († 1951)
• 1868 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
• 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)

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 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• 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.
• 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 9, 1868 was about 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.