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• Adriana Bouw, Sliedrecht († 1868)
• Anne Jelles Lourens, Westergeest († 1945)
• Antonetta Timmermans, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1949)
• Antje Heuker, Niebert (Marum-Westerkwartier), Groningen, Nederland († 1918)
• Anne Lourens, Westergeest, Nederland
• Adriana Soeters, Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Johan Hendrik van Eijkelenburg, Amersfoort († 1947)
• Alfons Torlonia, Rome († 1887)
• Alida Margaretha Wallenburg, 's-Graveland, 1243, Nederland († 1932)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER HEIDE, Aduard Groningen Netherlands († 1868)

• Ale Kornelis Sikma (55), Tietjerksteradeel
• Aaltje de Roo (43)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Agnes Damoiseaux (0), Sittard, Nederland
• Apolonio Aleman (65), Tecuan, Encarnación, Jalisco, México
• Ale Cornelis Sikma (55), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Schoenmaker (63), Nieuwerkerk
• Anna-Christina FRANCOIS (72), Burst, Erpe-Mere, 9420, Oost-Vlanderen, Vlaanderen, België
• Aafje van der Werf (27), Dedemsvaart
• Anna Margaretha Farwig (Bolmer) (6), Erica
• Anna Maria Peeters (44), Broechem, België

• 1855 » Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman († 1919)
• 1857 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist († 1929)
• 1859 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly († 1939)
• 1862 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general († 1933)
• 1863 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company († 1947)
• 1872 » Princess Clémentine of Belgium († 1955)
• 1881 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1940)
• 1890 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager († 1975)
• 1893 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician († 1967)
• 1898 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator († 1986)

• 1811 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (b. 1753)
• 1832 » Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (b. 1763-4)
• 1870 » Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)
• 1889 » Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
• 1898 » Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
• 1900 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
• 1912 » Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
• 1920 » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)

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.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• 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".
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

The temperature on July 30, 1868 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.