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• Adriana Gerdina Olivier van Brouwershaven, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1899)
• Grasgreen, Hungary († 1937)
• * Pieter (2) Entius, Lutjebroek, Noord-Holland, NL († 1869)
• Alexander Roseboom, Groningen († 1927)
• Veldhuis, Rijssen († 1868)
• Anna Catharina Goverts Stoter, Beuningen († 1868)
• Adriana Geluk, Zierikzee († 1954)
• Alice COX, Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Aaltje Klaas HANSEN, Farmsum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Elisabeth Verwoert, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1873)

• Algernon [Dashwood] Peyton (82)
• Annechien Meijer (33), Roden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annechjen Christiaans Vegter (62), Zuidwending gem. Veendam
• Manni (0), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annechien Vegter (62), Zuidwending
• Veldhuis (0), Rijssen
• Abraham Doppenberg (65), putten
• Angelus Josephus Barbaix (47), Oostende
• Anny Mary Wilson (87), Osnabrück,,Lower Saxony,Germany
• Albarta Maria Hagens (35), Lochem

• 1859 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American educator, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina († 1912)
• 1862 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer († 1941)
• 1864 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine († 1918)
• 1871 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1872 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter († 1946)
• 1877 » Roger Quilter, English composer († 1953)
• 1878 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator († 1925)
• 1880 » Grantland Rice, American journalist and poet († 1954)
• 1880 » Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright († 1957)

• 1814 » Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1744)
• 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)

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.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

The temperature on November 1, 1868 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.