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• Aagje Wit, Twisk
• Akke Lykles Bosch, Britsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Johannes van der Veldt, Haarlem († 1893)
• Adriana Maria van Dommelen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1869)
• Anna Maria Nefkens, Lith († 1945)
• Albert Carel Willink, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• (m) Homburg, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• van Zomeren, Barneveld († 1868)
• Albertus Nijhof, Lemelerveld († 1868)
• Anna-Maria Nefkens, Lith, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1945)

• Anna Maria Nijssen (31), Heel en Panheel
• Albert Hendriks SCHUILING (66), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• van Zomeren (0), Barneveld
• Anna Maria Nijssen (31), Heel en Panheel
• Albert Likkel (5), Lutten
• Anna Christina Trommeleers (69), Kortessem, België
• Albert Steffens (0), Steenwijk
• Anna Cornelia Coreynen (66), Stabroek 2940, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Anna Cornelia Corrijnen (66), Stabroek
• Aegje Hopman (83), Barsingerhorn

• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

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 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on April 15, 1868 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.