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• Anna Catharina Carmigchelt, Zeist († 1882)
• Adam Klink, Stellendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Nooijens, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1901)
• Antje Baks, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Blecher, Rüppershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Maria Dumoulin, Besoijen ( Waalwijk ) († 1938)
• Adrianus Verdonkschot, Heemstede
• Abraham Wendels, Schoonhoven, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Antonetta Johanna Jongeneelen, Rucphen (Rucphen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1898)
• Antony Vermolen, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1872)

• Aris Kuiper (0), Wijdenes
• Abraham Pauptit (0), Loosduinen
• Adrianus Möllers (0), Alkemade
• Arie Theunisz van der Lee (52), Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna (antje) Klouwer (74), Edam / Volendam
• Antje Nieboer (8), Nieuwe Pekela
• Hilberts (0), Wanneperveen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antje Donkerbroek (57)
• Anna Klouwer (74), Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje de Looper (29), Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1854 » Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist († 1932)
• 1869 » Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher († 1948)
• 1871 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1871 » Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author († 1959)
• 1873 » Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager († 1963)
• 1873 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1875 » Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist († 1935)
• 1879 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator († 1955)
• 1882 » Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel († 1945)
• 1883 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler († 1950)

• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)

• 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.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal 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.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

The temperature on October 2, 1868 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.