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• Alexandre GEULETTE, Leuze (Namur), 92072, Namur, Belgique († 1945)
• Anne Marie Karlsdatter, Evenesdal, Saltdal, Nordland, Norge († 1957)
• Adrianus Brouwer, IJsselmonde
• Anna Adriana Schoenmaker, Loosduinen († 1930)
• Abraham Quist, Sint Annaland gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1868)
• Aafke Veiver, Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1954)
• Anna Adriana Schoenmaker, Loosduinen († 1930)
• aaltje schuuring, zwartsluis († 1905)
• Alta Kizer, St. Paris († 1960)
• Alfred Jan van Leeuwe, Waterland-Oudeman († 1933)

• Angelina Gastmans (33), Meerhout, België
• Arend Hesselink (61), Zutphen
• Anna Maria Janssen (1), Amersfoort
• Anje Doekes de Boer (64), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Jannetje Bresselaar (78), Naaldwijk
• BASTIAAN VAN DEN BERG (77), ALBLASSERDAM
• Adriana de BLAUWE (0), Nisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• ? BOUCHY (0), Flévy (57), France
• Albert Heinhuis (73), Steenwijk
• Anne Therese DHELLEM (65), Houthem,7781,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique

• 1865 » Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author († 1926)
• 1871 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church († 1943)
• 1872 » Emily Davison, English educator and activist († 1913)
• 1872 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States († 1946)
• 1879 » Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1881 » Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher († 1973)
• 1884 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States († 1962)
• 1884 » Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1884 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor († 1967)
• 1885 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)

• 1809 » Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
• 1821 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
• 1837 » Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
• 1852 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)

• 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.
• 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.
• February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.

The temperature on October 11, 1868 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.