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• Alphonse van STRATUM († 1868)
• Aaltje Janna Mooring, Rotterdam († 1940)
• Anne Marie Thomas, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada († 1960)
• Albert ter Wengel, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1903)
• Albertje Cloo, Tjerkgaast, gemeente Doniawerstal († 1956)
• Aartje (Antje) Smeding, Huizum, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hut, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1868)
• NN, Kockengen
• Albertje Lammerts Cloo, Tjerkgaast, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje Willems de Boer, Urk († 1926)

• Anna Gerardina Josepha Everard (26), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Alida Pieternella Harger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Meijnen (42), Aalten,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Lubbers (13), Nijbroek (gem. Voorst)
• Adriaan van de Rijt (76), St. Oedenrode
• Aaltjen Meinen (42), Aalten,Gemeente Aalten,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Maria Heessels (51), Esch
• Mientje EVERTSEN (0), Nieuwleusen
• Anna Gerardina Josepha Everard (26), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Steltermans (84), Vlijmen, Netherlands

• 1841 » John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, English admiral († 1920)
• 1858 » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman († 1954)
• 1860 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States († 1936)
• 1864 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author († 1934)
• 1868 » Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer († 1894)
• 1874 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer († 1965)
• 1878 » Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer († 1975)
• 1882 » Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic († 1941)
• 1885 » Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and author († 1942)
• 1886 » Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer († 1954)

• 1852 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817)
• 1881 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Périclès Pantazis, Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849)
• 1891 » Theo van Gogh, Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. 1857)
• 1900 » Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)
• 1907 » René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
• 1908 » Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (b. 1850)
• 1908 » Ouida, English-Italian author (b. 1839)
• 1910 » W. G. Read Mullan, American Jesuit and academic (1860)

• 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.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.