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• Antonia Maria Verstappen, Lieshout († 1903)
• Aart Jan Wijnbergen 9 († 1868)
• AALTJE ZEGGELAAR, Lunteren
• 'doodgeboren' van der Star, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Antje van der Net, lettelbert († 1935)
• Anje Louwes, Hoogkerk, Leegkerk († 1935)
• Adrianus Zwaanenbeek, Alphen aan de Rijn, Nederland († 1868)
• Anje Meijer, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1903)
• Andries Koldenhof, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• "Friedrich Georg" Wilhelm Bruno zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Ratiborské Hory / Ratiboritz, Tchéquie († 1945)

• Antonetta van Zoggel (1), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Klinkhamer (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Aaltjen Jannes Thalen (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, NL
• Albert Muller (0), Nieuwe Pekela
• Abram van Polanen (65), Leiden
• Albert Temme (60), Den Ham
• Anna Christina Theodora Huls (35), Aalten
• Anna Elisabeth Klinkhamer (0), Vinkenveen
• Adrianus Schoo (42), Alkemade
• Aeilko Dirk Wilkens (0), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1841 » Félix Faure, French politician, 7th President of France († 1899)
• 1844 » Richard Theodore Greener, American lawyer, academic, and diplomat († 1922)
• 1846 » Angela of the Cross, Spanish nun and saint († 1932)
• 1859 » Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1944)
• 1861 » Charles Martin Loeffler, German-American violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1862 » Walter Damrosch, German-American conductor and composer († 1950)
• 1866 » Gelett Burgess, American author, poet, and critic († 1951)
• 1878 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author († 1940)
• 1882 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States († 1945)
• 1889 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright († 1937)

• 1836 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, said to have designed the American Flag (b. 1752)
• 1838 » Osceola, American tribal leader (b. 1804)
• 1858 » Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
• 1869 » William Carleton, Irish author (b. 1794)
• 1881 » Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844)
• 1889 » Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1929 » La Goulue, French model and dancer (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 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.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on January 30, 1868 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.