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• Albert van de Klok, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1871)
• Adyll Cyrill Deroo, Esen
• Adriana Johanna Koelewijn, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Adriana Groeneveld, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Cornelisse, Oosterhout († 1946)
• Aaltje (Aaltien) Rossing, Odoorn, Nederland († 1942)
• Albertje Durks Regeling, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maatje Hanse, Kerkwerve, Zeeland, Nederland († 1954)
• aaltJe Nijhuis, avereest († 1893)
• Albert Hakvoort, Urk († 1869)

• Anna Catharina MERTENS (90), Mol,2400,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriaan Boogaard (24), Oost en West Souburg, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Catharina MERTENS (90), Mol
• Anna Catharina Hermanus Dauwe (38), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Buddenborg (42), (NH) Amsterdam
• --- Duijvesteijn (0), Loosduinen
• Anthonius Wilhelmus van der Velden (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Annes Landman (21), doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Harmanus Weerman (0), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vrins (51), Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgie

• 1846 » George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company († 1914)
• 1862 » Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician († 1927)
• 1866 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony († 1932)
• 1874 » Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts († 1950)
• 1876 » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1941)
• 1882 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer († 1937)
• 1886 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1960)
• 1887 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy († 1965)
• 1888 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot († 1918)
• 1891 » Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator († 1946)

• 1819 » Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 » Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1836 » Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
• 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)

• 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 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• 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.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

The temperature on October 6, 1868 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.