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• Adriana van den Anker, Poederoijen († 1903)
• Anna Maria Kieboom († 1868)
• Anje Deemter, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1938)
• Adrianus Johannes de Leeuw, Vught († 1870)
• Anna von Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Wien, Autriche († 1938)
• Abraham Rose, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States († 1940)
• Anna Marie Luckmeijer, Osnabrück, Duitsland († 1933)
• Anna Pegman, Meppel († 1872)
• Adriana Knevelbaard, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Adriana Brekelmans, Berkel-Enschot († 1928)

• Antonius van van Poppel (2), Princenhage
• Anna Meggelina (Mechelina) Dekker(s) (53), Voorst
• Antonij van den Berg (81), Wilnis
• Annegien GRASMEIJER (6), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Sieverink (18), Ruurlo
• Anna Vos (70), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Sophia Degryse, Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Arnoldus Schoonis (49), Helvoirt, NL
• Anna Everts Vos (70), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Hus (51), Oegstgeest

• 1856 » Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer († 1910)
• 1857 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer († 1919)
• 1858 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1860 » Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant († 1932)
• 1861 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt († 1936)
• 1861 » John Peltz, American baseball player and manager († 1906)
• 1865 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general († 1943)
• 1867 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1876 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author († 1925)
• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)

• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)

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 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.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on April 23, 1868 was about 14.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.