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• Anna Maria Susanna Rijn, van, Palembang
• Adriana van der Heijde, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus van 't Wout, Overschie († 1954)
• Aaron Gambler, Leesport, Berks Co., Pa († 1958)
• Aaltje Hietbrink, Millingen († 1909)
• Albert Strong Todd, Wakeman, Huron, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Aleida Thomassen, Ruurlo Berkelland Gelderland Nederland
• Alida VERKAAIK, Gouda († 1909)
• Adriana Maria Ouwehand, Rotterdam († 1938)
• Adrianus Wolfs, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)

• ALEXANDRINE AUGUSTINE FRERARD (6), LIEGE
• Ann Kiser (81), Woodbine, Whitley, Kentucky, United States
• Pierweijer (0), Roswinkel, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana van Wijnen (73), Lekkerkerk
• Aaltje Post (0), Heerde (buurtschap Vosbergen)
• Aartje (Artie) de Bruijn (78), Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Tjalkes Snip (79), Akkrum
• Aantje Jans Herrema (56), Berlikum fr, Menaldumadeel, Netherlands
• Aantje Jans Herrema (56)
• Adriana Maria van Buuren (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1862 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State († 1948)
• 1862 » William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic († 1938)
• 1864 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist († 1943)
• 1866 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1953)
• 1867 » Mark Keppel, American educator († 1928)
• 1869 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal († 1943)
• 1871 » Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner († 1940)
• 1873 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic († 1940)
• 1876 » Paul Henry, Irish painter († 1958)

• 1856 » Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831)
• 1861 » Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824)
• 1873 » Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
• 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)

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.
• 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.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on April 11, 1868 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.