About the day » Monday November 16, 1868Calender converter

• Albertus Tjerk Ekamp, Edam († 1946)
• Abraham Koster, Dordrecht († 1870)
• Anna Maria Rosa Last, Valkenburg,, Limburg, Niederlande († 1869)
• Anne Thomas Dotinga, Scharnegoutum († 1950)
• Adriaantje Streefkerk, Charlois († 1949)
• Alida Cornelia Klinkenberg, den haag
• Anna Maria Rosa Last, Oud-Valkenburg, Limburg, Nederland († 1869)
• adrianus leendert jacobus ROBBERSEN, rotterdam († 1938)
• Alida Jannetje Udo, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adriantje STREEFKERK, Charlois, Zuid Holland Netherlands († 1949)

• Anneke van der Heide (86), Finsterwolde
• Apollonia de Blieck (76), Hontenisse
• ANGENEES KUNST (85)
• Antoinetta Maria Anna Gijsbertha Ravensburg (58), Semarang, Indonesië
• Anneke Reinderts van der Heide (86), Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Jalvingh (0), Kloosterveen
• Andries Merck (71)
• Anna Maria van der Keilen (32), Deurne (B)
• Arij van Toorn (0), Vlaardingen
• Antoinetta Maria Anna Gijsberta Ravensbergh (46), Semarang, Java, Indonesia

• 1847 » Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1927)
• 1851 » Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress († 1929)
• 1856 » Jürgen Kröger, German architect († 1928)
• 1861 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician and journalist († 1930)
• 1862 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer († 1944)
• 1873 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer († 1958)
• 1874 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer († 1920)
• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)

• 1836 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)
• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)

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.
• February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• 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.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on November 16, 1868 was about 7.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.