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• Albert George Hare, VIC,Australia († 1936)
• Anna Angela Hoge, Schwartenberg, Emsland, Duitsland
• Aaltje van Bellen, Nieuw-Beijerland († 1951)
• Alida ter Brugge, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus van SPRUNDEL, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Bouman, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1954)
• Tjalling Willem Janssonius, Ameland († 1880)
• Sophia Van Linden, Putte
• Aartha Rotgans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adauto Pereira de Almeida, Tatui, São Paulo, Brasil

• Arend Pieters Bekkema (67), Surhuisterveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Plas (1), Steenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthony Steffler (76), Puslinch Township, Wellington, County, Ontario, Canada
• Carolina Sophia Niessen (0)
• Carolus Ludovicus Arickx (36), Tielt
• Antonius De Backer (43), Zemst
• Bernardus W. van de Wijdeven (0), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• antonius (antoon) verstappen (58), hunsel
• Anna Ursula Hafner (34), Gussenstadt, Jagstkreis, Württemberg
• Baukje van der Leest (25), Gerkesklooster

• 1864 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer († 1932)
• 1865 » Jack Miner, American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist († 1944)
• 1867 » George William Russell, Irish author, poet, and painter († 1935)
• 1868 » Asriel Günzig, Moravian rabbi († 1931)
• 1868 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright († 1946)
• 1873 » Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland († 1940)
• 1875 » George Clawley, English footballer († 1920)
• 1877 » Alfred Kubin, Austrian author and illustrator († 1959)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1879 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician († 1921)

• 1806 » Horatio Gates, English-American general (b. 1727)
• 1813 » Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
• 1823 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)
• 1871 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)
• 1904 » Isabella II, Spanish queen (b. 1830)
• 1909 » Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (b. 1879)
• 1920 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)
• 1931 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)

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 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on April 10, 1868 was about 2.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.