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• Andres Medina
• Aaltje Wisman, Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland († 1922)
• Albrecht Stanislau Constantijn Matthias Prins Radziwill, Palanetschka, Wit-Rusland († 1927)
• Aloysius Stephanus Maria SMITS van OYEN, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1869)
• Annie Larcine King, Goshen, Utah, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Beukelman, Zwartewaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Varkevisser, Katwijk aan Zee
• Anthonia van de Klundert, ,, den Bommel, Nederland († 1957)
• Helenus Adrianus Zijlmans van Emmichoven, Helmond († 1940)
• Smid, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1868)

• Johannes Cornelis Zijlmans (0), Waspik
• Aleksander Nikolayevich Rayevskiy (72), Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
• Verschuur (0), Ooltgensplaat, Nederland
• Adriana Kruidenier (67), Oud-Beijerland
• Adrianus van den Brand, sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Albert (0), Heerlen
• Anna Cornelia KERSEMANS (79), Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Alida Verheij (4), Vlaardingen
• Annigje Lensen Bovendeur (27), Slood(Hoogeveen)
• Aart Peter van HARSKAMP (0), Lunteren (Gelderland, The Netherlands)

• 1857 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor († 1899)
• 1863 » Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp († 1946)
• 1865 » Neltje Blanchan, American historian and author († 1918)
• 1869 » John Heisman, American football player and coach († 1936)
• 1870 » Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop († 1948)
• 1873 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer († 1975)
• 1874 » Charles Kilpatrick, American runner and educator († 1921)
• 1875 » Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1876 » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice († 1970)
• 1880 » Dominikus Böhm, German architect († 1955)

• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)

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 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.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• 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).
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.

The temperature on October 23, 1868 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.