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• Adrianus Laurentius KLUGT,VAN DER, Monster,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Christina Overkleeft, 's Gravensande († 1949)
• Aartje Maria Kruijt, Heukelum, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1869)
• Adyllus Cyrillus de ROO, Esen, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1938)
• Dijkstra, Weidum
• Adrianus Laurentius van der Klugt, Monster
• ADRIANA CHRISTINA OVERKLEEFT, 'S-GRAVENZANDE († 1949)
• Adrianus Lambertsz Post, Bussum
• Aaltje Veenema, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana Hoedeman, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1869)

• Antje (Otto Uilkes) van Noggeren (52), wonseradeel
• Aartjen Alberts (76), Voorst
• Adam Hermse Kanters (84), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adriana Goedegebuure (67), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Verdugt (80), Leerdam
• Adrianus, Adriaan van den Bosch (61), Standdaarbuiten, Nederland
• Adam Kanters (84), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adrianus Van den BOSCH (61), Standdaarbuiten
• Adriana van Ballegooijen (63), Driel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Beumer (63), Deventer

• 1857 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright († 1942)
• 1858 » Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1864 » Louis Lumière, French director and producer († 1948)
• 1873 » Lucien Mérignac, French fencer († 1941)
• 1877 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1959)
• 1878 » Louise Dresser, American actress († 1965)
• 1879 » Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic († 1945)
• 1883 » Ernst Pittschau, German actor († 1951)
• 1885 » Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat († 1969)

• 1827 » William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
• 1848 » Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)
• 1861 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
• 1880 » Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)

• 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.
• 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 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).
• July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on October 5, 1868 was about 13.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.