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• Albert Rompelman, Nijmegen († 1921)
• Albert Keimpes Van den Berg, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1928)
• Adrianus Nobel, Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1958)
• Adrianus Nobel, Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• "Jacobus Hubertus" Vluggen, Wittem, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Teunissen, Wageningen († 1932)
• Agnes Weyers, Hopel, Limburg, Nederland († 1868)
• Adrianus Petrus Leeuwen, van, Loosduinen, Nederland († 1934)
• Adrianus van der Pols, Pernis († 1931)
• Aagtje Lourens VAN DER VEEN, Grijpskerk Groningen Netherlands († 1962)

• Bernardus Plas (2), Coevorden
• Amelia Maxson (76)
• Antonia Rasenberg (30), Hooge en lage zwaluwe
• Amelia, Johanna Deckers (43), Hontenisse (NL)
• Aaltje van de Vosse (11), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christoffel Staverman (53), Rotterdam
• Andries de Weerd (6), Scherpenzeel, Fr, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Claudine Constance Monin (67)
• Ana Elisabeth Josepha Donners (0), Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Ann Bradley Montague (74), St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States

• 1858 » Adolph Ochs, American publisher († 1935)
• 1859 » Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician († 1906)
• 1860 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author († 1895)
• 1863 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright († 1938)
• 1863 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian and Ukrainian mineralogist and chemist († 1945)
• 1864 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist († 1922)
• 1869 » George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1947)
• 1874 » Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer († 1949)
• 1877 » Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior († 1946)
• 1878 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint († 1903)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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.
• July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on March 12, 1868 was about 11.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.