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• (w) Althaus, Alertshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1868)
• Aldegondis Merken, Vlijtingen, Riemst, België
• Amaurij Coenrard Karel ESSER, Venray, Limburg, Netherlands († 1945)
• amaurij coenrard karel esser, venray († 1945)
• Aaltje Moes, Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Bovensmilde) († 1933)
• Andries Kooy, Hindeloopen, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Alle Wijbes Buurstra, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1871)
• Albertus Johannes Kock de, Haarlem, NH, Nederland († 1955)
• Adelina Rosalia VANBESIEN, Gistel († 1957)
• Alberdina Lucassen van Keulen, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)

• Bune Kadisch (48), Lissa, Wlkp., Poland
• Anna Barbara Vinken (74), Borgharen
• Constantia Metelerkamp (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Abraham Crama (83), Leiden
• Adolphus Noppe (0), Zwevezele
• Artje Pellegrom (72), Waardenburg
• Antonetta Witlox (50), Waalwijk
• "Johanna" Jeanne Jeanne (67), Bergen, NL
• Alphonse Maria Helleganger (0), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Haak (4), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1857 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer († 1938)
• 1858 » Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and author († 1935)
• 1858 » Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian educator and activist, Bharat Ratna Awardee († 1962)
• 1863 » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat, Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary († 1942)
• 1863 » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect († 1920)
• 1864 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author († 1916)
• 1874 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet († 1938)
• 1877 » Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1879 » Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar († 1962)
• 1880 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire († 1968)

• 1802 » Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)

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.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on April 18, 1868 was about 10.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.