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• Adrianus Helsloot, amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Biemans, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1899)
• Adrianus Helsloot, Amsterdam († 1941)
• Alida van Oostveen, Utrecht († 1956)
• Gertruda Awater, Kekerdom († 1925)
• Aartje van de Sanden, Woudenberg
• AALTJE DE VRIES, Westdongeradeel
• Adriana Maria Kuijlenburg, Schoonhoven († 1910)
• Alida OOSTVEEN, van, Utrecht,Utrecht,NEDERLAND,Nederland
• Hollink, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Vlasblom (75), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Gerke (65), Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Ariaantje Pietersdr Storm (84), 's-Gravenzande
• Aafje Brandsen (58), Andijk
• Anna van den Heuvel (58), Aarle-Rixtel
• Anna Maria de Jong (50), Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Storm (84), 's-Gravenzande
• Anna Maria Renckens (85), Neerpelt
• Ann Rachel Hart Carmichael (70), Hartwood, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
• Abner Hitchcock (73)

• 1859 » Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright († 1927)
• 1860 » John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic († 1936)
• 1860 » Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author († 1904)
• 1865 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright († 1909)
• 1867 » Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster († 1930)
• 1873 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator († 1944)
• 1879 » James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State († 1972)
• 1880 » Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach († 1955)
• 1882 » Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship († 1971)
• 1885 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist († 1966)

• 1819 » Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)
• 1857 » Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)
• 1864 » Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)
• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)

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.
• 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.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• 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.
• 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 May 2, 1868 was about 20.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.