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• Adrianus KONIJNENDIJK, Hekelingen († 1890)
• Alfred Farmer, St Andrews, Jamaica († 1914)
• Alphonsus Adrianus Adriaansens, Hontenisse, Walsoorden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1960)
• Abraham Westdijk, Oude-Tonge
• Aaltje Nijstad, Diepenheim († 1943)
• Agatha Elisabeth DIJKZEUL, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Alice Maude Cawood († 1914)
• Alice Maud Cawood († 1914)
• (Stillborn) Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder), Watergraafsmeer, Nederland († 1868)
• Adriaan Hertroijs, Alkmaar († 1869)

• Antonie Groenewald (51), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Anna Mary Kennedy (50)
• Adriana Pieternella Woltering (1), Vlissingen
• Anna Maria van der Kaa (1), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina van Montfoort (71), Wouw
• Aletta Brandel (70), Nijmegen
• Abraham de Hooge (62), Rotterdam
• Alida Jeroensdr van Dam (81), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Schrauwen (0), Zundert
• Aaltjen Grijsen (38), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1852 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator († 1924)
• 1861 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company († 1932)
• 1863 » Reinhard Scheer, German admiral († 1928)
• 1870 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1870 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist († 1948)
• 1882 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic († 1945)
• 1883 » Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician († 1945)
• 1883 » Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist († 1971)
• 1887 » Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress († 1980)
• 1893 » Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 1964)

• 1865 » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1800)
• 1891 » Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1837)
• 1897 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)
• 1910 » Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1838)
• 1942 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 » James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)

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.
• January 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on September 30, 1868 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.