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• Anna Maria Solberg, Neerbeek († 1916)
• Andries Kroon, Steenwijkerwold († 1873)
• Anna Cornelia van Empel, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Klein Scherpenzeel, Zwollerkerspel gem. Zwolle Ov. NL
• Annetje Zuurveld, Hierden (Harderwijk) († 1923)
• van Breenen († 1868)
• Aaltien Jacobs, Emlichheim (Duitsland) († 1917)
• Alexander Leonardus van Eldik, Utrecht († 1932)
• Amalia Elisabeth Imbang, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aaldert Smit, dedemsvaart († 1935)

• Anthonij REEDIJK (69), Strijen
• Amand Thys (57), Meerhout, België
• Anna Helena Claes (58), Peer (Bel)
• Antonia Hendrika van Dijk (0), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• - Kleinen (0), Eijgelshoven
• Anthonie Rheedijk (70), Strijen
• Winter (78), Suurbeek
• Antje Jacobs Hut (27), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Angela Domitillia BOESTOEN (77), Rumbeke
• Antje (Anna) Abrahams Wal (81), Bovenkarspel

• 1858 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist († 1943)
• 1861 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales († 1940)
• 1865 » Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist († 1942)
• 1867 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician († 1943)
• 1869 » José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1952)
• 1874 » Edward Harkness, American philanthropist († 1940)
• 1874 » Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach († 1924)
• 1875 » D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1948)
• 1877 » Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1923)
• 1879 » Francis Picabia, French painter and poet († 1953)

• 1840 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752)
• 1850 » Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)
• 1879 » Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)
• 1892 » Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
• 1900 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1901 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)

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 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• 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 January 22, 1868 was about 5.5 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.