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• Köhler († 1951)
• Aloisius de Kindt, Kemzeke, B († 1869)
• Andries Oosterwal, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Aloisius De Kind, Kemzeke († 1869)
• Aleida Hartgerink, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• (Herman) Hermanus Henricus Josephus van Roosmalen († 1935)
• Agatha Elizabeth Balen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Aardina van der Pol, Den Haag
• * Huibert Johannes Tom, Moordrecht
• Agnes Wilhelmina Marijne, Schiedam († 1940)

• Ann R Askew (64), Georgia
• Jansen (0), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aaltje Snijder (30), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Klaas ENGEL (70), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) SMIT (0), Ooststellingwerf Friesland Netherlands
• Arij van der Voet (80), Noordwijk
• Catharina Kers (16), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Seunnenga (26), Bovensmilde, gem. Smilde
• Alonzo Chesebrough (0), Fort Washington, New York City, New York County, or Northport, Long Island, Suffolk County, NY
• Aaltje Snijders (30), Zandvoort

• 1848 » Byron Edmund Walker, Canadian banker and philanthropist († 1924)
• 1853 » John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman († 1924)
• 1861 » Julia A. Ames, American journalist, editor, and reformer († 1891)
• 1867 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic († 1902)
• 1869 » Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer († 1939)
• 1871 » Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher († 1942)
• 1872 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player († 1910)
• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)
• 1882 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1959)
• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)

• 1831 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

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.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• 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.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

The temperature on October 14, 1868 was about 14.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.