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• Aagje Roodnat, Alblasserdam († 1903)
• Alphonse Theodoor Leemans, Nijmegen († 1929)
• Anna Maria Petronella Postumus, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Antonius Johannes de Groot, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1869)
• Adriana Clasina Schrevelius, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Adrianus Josephus du Pont, Geertruidenberg († 1934)
• Antje Gjaltema, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1871)
• Anna Pauw, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Albertus Marinus Morselt, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1932)
• Adrianus Konings, Sint Willebrord († 1950)

• Adrianus Bosschaart (0), Beusichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Klaveren (54), Leiden
• Adrianus van KLAVEREN (54), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline SEGERS (59), Erembodegem,9320,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Cornelis Reijerkerk (0), Klaaswaal
• Aagje Mul (26), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Wilhelmus van de Poel (1), Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Canters (Kanters) (53), Gilze en Rijen, NB, Nederland
• Arnoldus van de Braak (73), Maasdriel
• Antonius (2) Joosen (0), Chaam

• 1859 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager († 1931)
• 1860 » Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States († 1924)
• 1863 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer († 1945)
• 1865 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki († 1926)
• 1866 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer († 1945)
• 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)
• 1875 » Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer († 1912)
• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

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.
• April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on August 15, 1868 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.