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• Abel Albertus Pienaar, Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa († 1950)
• Alijda Hendrina DOLPHIJN, Huissen († 1924)
• Anna Borst, Hoogmade
• Aldert Verdoes, Katwijk aan Zee
• Albert Schaap, Groningen († 1869)
• Alice Josephine Léopoldine VAN den PUTTE, Putte, 2580, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1941)
• Amolda Struik, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1868)
• Aldert Verdoes, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adrianus Jacobus Stoltenkamp, Hellevoetsluis († 1869)
• Alstje Wehemeijer, Bierum (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1939)

• Anna Groothelm (61), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• de Baat (0), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Groothelm (61), s-Gravenhage
• Arend Vink (33), Vlaardingen
• Adriana Vroomhout (0), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Nijland (67), Mossel-Vorden (Bronckhorst)
• Aalbert Nijland (67), Vorden (Mossel)
• Cornelis Anthonius Pouw (0), Vinkeveen
• Coleta Mondelaers (51), Vorst Kempen, 2430, België
• Cornelis Adriaan Vos (0), Purmerend, Gemeente Purmerend, Noord-Holland, NEDERLAND

• 1852 » Cap Anson, American baseball player and manager († 1922)
• 1863 » Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1865 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus († 1939)
• 1866 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic († 1927)
• 1875 » Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War († 1941)
• 1877 » Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat († 1949)
• 1878 » Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player († 1942)
• 1878 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Tauzin, French hurdler († 1918)
• 1882 » Artur Schnabel, Jewish-Polish pianist and composer († 1951)

• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)

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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.

The temperature on April 17, 1868 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.