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• Alida Gerredina ten Cate ov, Hengelo {OV}
• Albertus Julianus VAN LOO, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1868)
• Alida Helena Maria Sam, Amsterdam
• Antonia Grift, van de, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes Wilhelmina Passant, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriaan Stuij, Ottoland, ZUI, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriana Westerduin, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Maria De Cleir, Antwerpen († 1929)
• Antje Arjens Polstra, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antoni ARZONI, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)

• adriana VERDOOREN (66), papendrecht
• Antje Harms Stek (67), Midwolda (Reiderland), prov.Groningen, Nederland
• Agnesina van Millingen (48)
• Abraham Jan Riedijk (1), Vlaardingen
• Annechien Berends Kuilman (84), Wildervank, NL-GR
• Adriaan van Elteren (42), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan van Oosterhout (39), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Buschman (65), Kensington, London, UK
• Adriana Verdooren (66), Dordrechcht
• Cornelia Maria de Bont (1), Raamsdonkveer

• 1859 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1862 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general († 1952)
• 1865 » Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist and author († 1957)
• 1865 » Logan Pearsall Smith, American-English author and critic († 1946)
• 1868 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author († 1931)
• 1870 » D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar († 1966)
• 1872 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author († 1936)
• 1873 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy († 1951)
• 1875 » Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1955)
• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)

• 1817 » Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)

• 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 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• 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.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on October 18, 1868 was about 9.0 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.