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• Alexander Andries Emanuel, Heinkenszand († 1868)
• Adam Schoffelen, Roosteren, Limburg, Nederland († 1868)
• Albertje Meester, Opsterland († 1868)
• Abraham Schoen, Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1899)
• Albert Teunisen Regeling, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove († 1906)
• Aaltje Loohuizen, Loosdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1951)
• Cornelia Schouten, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• , Lissewege, België
• Albertje Egberts Meester, Opsterland († 1868)
• Albert Fredrik Carel van Otterloo, Rotterdam († 1873)

• Alphonsus Gerardus Maria van den Heuvel, Geldrop
• Albartus Hendrikus Brinkhorst (42), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalt van den Akker (77), Nijkerk 33
• Anna Wijnen (62), Waltwilder
• Arie Jansen (35), zandvoort
• Andries Geers (54), Amsterdam
• Antoon van den Hoogen (Hogen) (49), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Arent Gerrit Barneveld (23), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anne VINCENT (61), Meyssiès, 38232, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, Frankrijk
• Andries Andries van der Wijk (25), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1854 » Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman († 1902)
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• 1864 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1941)
• 1864 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter († 1929)
• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
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• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
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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.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
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• 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 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on February 17, 1868 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.