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• Anna Levina van Beuningen, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Anna Maria Embregts, Tilburg († 1869)
• Adriana van de Griend, Vlijmen († 1876)
• Akke Annes Zwaan, Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Anna Clara Maria Meijs, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1869)
• Antonius alias Antonie Vermeeren, Raamsdonk († 1937)
• Adriana Johanna de Jooden, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Catharina Elaerts
• Johannes van Donk, Rotterdam († 1939)
• Antonius van Beurden, Zaltbommel († 1868)

• Adriana Sofia van Ewijk (50), Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie de Geus (Geus) (45), Puttershoek, Nederland
• Apolinia Maria Kamps (0), ,, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Nederland
• Antonius Maria Hendrikus de Wolf (2), Kampen, Nederland
• Anje Reinders de Boer (65), Groningen
• Anna Maria de Goeij, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Attje Goedemoed (1), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alexander Louis Ardenois (69), Brugge, België
• Adriana Sophia van EWIJK (49), Lienden, 1602, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Sofia van Ewijk (49), Lienden

• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)
• 1883 » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist († 1946)
• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)

• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)

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.
• May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• 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.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on May 26, 1868 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.