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• Alexander de Graaf, Leiden († 1870)
• Adrianus Raaijmakers, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1930)
• Adriana (Adriaantje) van Tinteren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Alfred John SANFORD, Walthamstow,Essex,ENGLAND († 1932)
• Alijda Charlotta de Ruijter, Amersfoort
• Albert Joseph DUBOSQUIELLE, Familleureux, Henegouwen, België
• Akke Riemersma, Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Akke (Anna) Riemersma, Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Anna Elisabeth Oldigs, amsterdam, Nederland († 1869)
• Adriana van Tinteren, Amsterdam

• Anna Catharina (Anna Catherine - Maria Elisabeth) Jongen (68), Schaesberg, Limburg, Nederland
• Abigail Pope (82)
• Alexander Moore Piper (82), Carlisle-Cumberland Co, Pa, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Pieters Lameris (69), 't Zandt
• Cornelia HARTEVELD (46), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie Zijderveld (2), Maartensdijk
• Antonie Jacobus Wassenaar (44), Woerden
• Aldegonde Senssen, Roggel, Limburg, Nederland
• Aalt Maassen van Zomeren (83), Esveld (Barneveld)
• Christine Henk (1), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1856 » Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter († 1910)
• 1862 » Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist († 1930)
• 1864 » Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1930)
• 1866 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist († 1939)
• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)
• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)
• 1880 » Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer († 1912)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)
• 1881 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)

• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)

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.
• March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• 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.

The temperature on March 17, 1868 was about 8.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.