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• * Adrianus van Gelder, Baardwijk († 1945)
• Albertus van de KAMP, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
• Albertus Ballintijn, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Abraham de Heus, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriana DE VROOMEN, Sliedrecht (NL/ZH) († 1933)
• Albertus Hulsen († 1929)
• Alphonsus Florentinus van den Neste, Ijzendijke Zeeland Nederland († 1868)
• Amandus Poppe, Koewacht († 1955)
• Aagje Annes Van Der Hogt, Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aalbert Stunnenberg, Bennekom, gem Ede († 1924)

• Anne Driesmans (58), Borgloon, Limburg, Belgïe
• Amelia Hermie- (2), Sint Kruis, België
• Adolf Wielders (0), Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Constance Jeanne Isabelle van de Wall (37), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Elizabeth Smoak (40), South Carolina, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Anne, Joseph Herbays (64), Genval, Brabant-Wallon, Belgique
• alexandre BOLOME (64), Wasmes (Belgium)
• Afien - Fransens Sap (73), Wildervank {GR}
• Aaltje Molenaar (25), Barendrecht
• Anna von Redern (38), Görlitz, Allemagne

• 1860 » John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d.1932)
• 1863 » Edythe Chapman, American actress († 1948)
• 1864 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1870 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1872 » Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer († 1952)
• 1873 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum († 1949)
• 1873 » Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer († 1967)
• 1875 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer († 1919)
• 1876 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician († 1966)
• 1877 » Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter († 1968)

• 1804 » Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
• 1809 » James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
• 1821 » Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
• 1834 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)

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 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.

The temperature on October 8, 1868 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.