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• Anna Maria Lambertina Johanna Hermans, Hasselt, 3500, België
• Adriana Knevelbaart, Stadskanaal († 1952)
• Albertus Beek, Utrecht
• Abraham Jacobus Jonker, Apeldoorn († 1868)
• Albartus Johannes Hendriksen, Drempt
• Abraham Jacobus Jonker, Apeldoorn († 1868)
• Antje Clasina Theune (Teune), Groningen († 1926)
• Alfred John Howell, Pimlico, Middlesex, England
• Andries Willem Dirkx, Ohé en Laak (Limb)
• Andries Craft, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1892)

• Adriana (Adriaantje) Fernaaijs (Fernaais, Fernaijs, Vernaaijs) (75), Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Fernaais (75), Zonnemaire
• Anna Maria van Son (55), Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Arris Teunisz van Ee (76), Zeist, Nederland
• Arris ( ook genaamd Erris) van Ee (76), Zeist
• Aaltje van Hal
• Adrianus van PESCH (67), Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arendina Christina Snel (1), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Muis (0), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegien Grasmeyer (6)

• 1852 » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg († 1912)
• 1854 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1858 » Ethel Smyth, English composer († 1944)
• 1860 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress († 1916)
• 1870 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia († 1924)
• 1872 » Princess Margaret of Prussia († 1954)
• 1873 » Ellen Glasgow, American author († 1945)
• 1876 » Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman († 1920)
• 1876 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)

• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)

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.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• 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.
• 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 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on April 22, 1868 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.