About the day » Thursday January 9, 1868Calender converter

• Aaltje Sul, Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Adam B. Beach, Huston Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania († 1945)
• Veldman, Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1952)
• Alida Maria Koks, Delft
• Aafke Hendriks de Boer, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Hogerzeil, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltje Hekelaar, Purmerend
• Aaltje Jans Beukema, Havelte
• Aafje Wolters, Bovensmilde (Smilde) († 1956)
• Aaltje Hekelaar, Purmerend(NH) († 1936)

• Anna Kingsbury Gardiner (39)
• Adrianus Durieux (45), Katwijk aan de Rijn
• Adriaan Vrinten (45), Loon op Zand, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van Hoek (28), Baarle-Nassau
• Andreas Holleman (65), Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke Versteeg (69), Zoelen
• Adrianus Durieux (44), Katwijk
• Adriaan Vrienten (45), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anneke Versteeg (69), Zoelen
• Abram Arijensz Gorseman (72), Brielle

• 1856 » Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet († 1912)
• 1859 » Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women († 1947)
• 1864 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1926)
• 1868 » S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic († 1939)
• 1870 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge († 1938)
• 1873 » Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet († 1934)
• 1873 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1938)
• 1873 » Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler († 1944)
• 1875 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art († 1942)
• 1879 » John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic († 1958)

• 1843 » William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
• 1848 » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 » Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 » Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)

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.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on January 9, 1868 was about -4.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.