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• Anna Gertruda Maria Verbiesen, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 1951)
• Adrianus Franciscus Wesenbeek, Ossendrecht († 1929)
• Aaltje Bulthuis, Kollum († 1953)
• Aaltje Geerlings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Polman, Tilburg
• Anna Gertruda Maria Verbiesen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Nijdam, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde († 1877)
• Assendelft 57A
• Adriana Joanna La Hey, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Sinon

• Benoît Hippolyte Jules BAROUX (0), Saint-Omer,62500,Pas-De-Calais,Hauts-De-France,FRANCE
• Vrijdag (2), Rijssen
• Antje Greven (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Marie Emma Syczikuczinska (67), Hahndorf, South Australia
• barend hulsebos (42), soerabaja,, indonesia (nederlands indie)
• Aartje Vos (62), Nederhemert
• Barbe Rose BOUCHY (26), Luppy (57), France
• Aldert Ebbinge (71), Peize, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Joannes BROUWERS (48), Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Grondhout (72), Dordrecht

• 1854 » Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet († 1920)
• 1854 » John Lane, English publisher, co-founded The Bodley Head († 1925)
• 1854 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1915)
• 1854 » Thomas R. Marshall, American lawyer and politician, 28th Vice President of the United States of America († 1925)
• 1862 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist († 1951)
• 1863 » Casey Jones, American engineer († 1900)
• 1868 » Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist († 1933)
• 1869 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright († 1951)
• 1874 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips Electronics († 1951)
• 1879 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)

• 1791 » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and critic (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (b. 1724)
• 1811 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
• 1823 » Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1739)
• 1860 » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
• 1883 » Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (b. 1827)
• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)

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.
• 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 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• December 10 » 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.

The temperature on March 14, 1868 was about 13.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.