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• Adriaantje GROENEWOUD, Maasdam
• Abraham Hartman, Dinteloord (Princeland) († 1927)
• Adriaan BURGERS, Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• ?? Oskam, (UT) Linschoten († 1868)
• Alouisa Maria Magdalena De Vooght, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1931)
• adriaantje GROENEWOUD, maasdam
• Aleida Oude Sogtoen, Weerselo, Ov, Nederland
• Anna L. Burd
• Adrianus Laurentius van der Klugt, Monster († 1943)
• Aletta Fronica Walters, Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa († 1936)

• Aaltjen Jansen (66), Rheden
• Anna Rutte (0), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• ?? Oskam (0), (UT) Linschoten
• Aaltjen Schreurs (67), Neede
• Albertus Theodorus Weterman (3), Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafke Jacobs de Boer (82), Tzum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Hof (68), Utingeradeel
• Adrianus Andries Zoon (0), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• (l.l.) Post (0), Leimuiden
• Anna Rutte (0), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude

• 1856 » Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician († 1922)
• 1867 » Amy Beach, American pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1871 » Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
• 1872 » Horace Rice, Australian tennis player († 1950)
• 1872 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician († 1936)
• 1873 » Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer († 1942)
• 1874 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager († 1959)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal († 1956)
• 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)
• 1881 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria († 1938)

• 1836 » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1838 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (b. 1764)
• 1857 » Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
• 1894 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (b. 1822)
• 1898 » Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
• 1901 » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1902 » Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844)

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 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

The temperature on September 5, 1868 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.