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• Alfons De Batselier, Denderbelle († 1957)
• Abraham Amoureus, Schiedam († 1868)
• Albertje Hidding, Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1879)
• Adriaan Moerman, Goes († 1940)
• Albertina Gerardina Frensdorff, Strijen
• Aalbert Jan Hendriks, Ede(Bennekom)
• Adriaan Moerman, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriana Hamelink, Zaamslag († 1935)
• Aaltje Kuiper, Finsterwolde (gem. Oldambt) († 1868)
• Adriana Hamelink, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1935)

• Aart de Pater (40), Haastrecht, 2851, Nederland
• Aartje Hirdes (45), Haarlem
• Aaltje Yntzes Hoekstra (74), Mildam
• Alida van der Laan (71), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Pieterse van den Bos (89), Elkerzee
• Anke Boer, de (10), Hoogezand
• Aaltje (Hendriks) Euverman (3), Oosterwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Meintes MIEDEMA (0), Wirdum (Leeuwarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Aaltje Ynzesd Hoekstra (74), Oudeschoot, schoterland.fr.nld
• Aartje HIRDES (45), Haarlem, NH, Nederland

• 1846 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet († 1917)
• 1849 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents († 1934)
• 1850 » Annie Armstrong, American missionary († 1938)
• 1866 » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine († 1953)
• 1875 » H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator († 1960)
• 1880 » Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic († 1964)
• 1881 » Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author († 1966)
• 1882 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger († 1946)
• 1886 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1888 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist († 1985)

• 1797 » Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)
• 1806 » James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1719)
• 1825 » Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)

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 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• 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).
• 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.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

The temperature on July 11, 1868 was about 26.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.