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• Andreas Olgers, Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Age Smits, Ternaard, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adrianus BROUWER, IJsselmonde
• Adriana Jalink, Den Haag († 1893)
• Anna Catharina Faes, Herenthals († 1869)
• Aaltje van der Mei II, Haulerwijk († 1869)
• Aaltje Schilder, Kampen, Nederland († 1946)
• Age Roelofs Smits, Ternaard, Westdongeradeel († 1946)
• Adriaan Verhoeven, Sint-Oedenrode († 1948)
• Anne HUBLAU, Châtelet, 6200, Hainaut, Belgique († 1931)

• Adriana van der Hoeven (65), Veur, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Heijne (0), Raamsdonk, Nederland
• Antje Wiebes Lageveen (51), Wartena
• Aldert Harm Jonkman (0), Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Lageveen (51), Grouw
• Adriana Alida Ponsioen (37), Schoonhoven, Gemeente Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André Jean HAECK (79), Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana van der Hoeven (65), Hof van Delft
• Aart GOOR, van (76), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Joannes Haeck (79), Oostende

• 1858 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic († 1924)
• 1861 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1864 » T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician († 1924)
• 1870 » Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1935)
• 1872 » Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player († 1931)
• 1877 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors († 1963)
• 1884 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter († 1958)
• 1884 » Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Jean Peyrière, French actor († 1965)
• 1885 » Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic († 1962)

• 1827 » Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1837 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)
• 1857 » George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
• 1872 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)

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.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.

The temperature on October 10, 1868 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.