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• Adriaantje Schelling, Zuid Beijerland († 1940)
• Antonius Bernardus Bartels, Enschede
• Alphonsius Conrardus LAEVENS, Desselgem,8792,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Alida Catharina van den Heuvel, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Ardina van Dommelen, Oconto, Oconto county, Wisconsin (USA) († 1916)
• Anthonius Bernardus Bartels, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Wouterina Cranendonk, Zevenbergen († 1945)
• Beerens, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angelina Adriaenssens, Hoevenen, Stabroek
• Antonia Moorsel van, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• Aaltje Jacobs van der Spoel (72), Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje (Aaltien) Jacobs van der Spoel (72), Rolde
• Albert Bernard Auguste MELUN (0), Nonant-Le-Pin,61240,Orne,Normandie,FRANCE
• Anna_ Maria Hämmerle (28)
• Jan Balvert (0), Lopik
• Joanna Baten (55), Steenbergen
• Adriana Eestermans (82), Chaam
• Albertus Pot (0), Amersfoort
• Alida KIENTZ (10), Tuk (Steenwijkerwold)
• Andries Schortemeijer (33), Rotterdam

• 1857 » George E. Ohr, American potter († 1918)
• 1861 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator († 1906)
• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1863 » Paul Drude, German physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)
• 1876 » Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher († 1988)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)
• 1878 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education († 1930)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on July 12, 1868 was about 29.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.