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• Anna Martha Nijs, Nijmegen († 1948)
• Aaltje Vos, Gramsbergen († 1945)
• Anna Jansen, Harderwijk
• Anna van Berlo, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Anna Catharina VAN BAAR, Purmerend,,Nord Brabant,PAYS BAS († 1948)
• Anna Johanna Lenselink, Hengelo († 1953)
• DEKKER, Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Amelia De Smedt, Buggenhout († 1944)
• Anna Ens († 1868)
• Jozef Rooms, Belsele

• Aaltje van Zoeren (1), Putten
• Alida Gooijer (0), Heemskerk
• Anna van Eerbeek (89), Zwolle
• Arend Moes (44), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cop (75), Boom
• Adrianus van der Staak (0), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Arend Willems Moes (44), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gerrits (59), Gendt, NL
• Anthoinetta Maria Brouwer (1), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Luysterborghs (75), Lichtaart, België

• 1850 » Edward Smith, English captain († 1912)
• 1850 » John Collier, English painter and author († 1934)
• 1850 » Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader († 1924)
• 1858 » Neel Doff, Dutch-Belgian author († 1942)
• 1859 » Wilhelm II, German Emperor († 1941)
• 1869 » Will Marion Cook, American violinist and composer († 1944)
• 1878 » Dorothy Scarborough, American author († 1935)
• 1885 » Jerome Kern, American composer and songwriter († 1945)
• 1885 » Seison Maeda, Japanese painter († 1977)
• 1886 » Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist († 1967)

• 1814 » Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1762)
• 1816 » Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician (b. 1724)
• 1851 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)
• 1860 » János Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
• 1880 » Edward Middleton Barry, English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
• 1901 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
• 1910 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)

• 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.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• 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.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on January 27, 1868 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.