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• Huijsing
• Aartje Meijer, Harderwijk († 1953)
• Aafke Bolt, Noordhorn, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Aagje Langedijk, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Adrianus Schroot, Dordrecht († 1936)
• Aaltje Peters 9, Nijholtwolde († 1904)
• Aafke Kooistra, Akkerwoude (Dantumadeel-Fr) († 1932)
• Aake Wybrens Kooistra, Akkerwoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)
• Agnes Meijers, Stein, Limburg, Netherlands († 1889)
• Aagje Jorisdr Langedijk, Blokker († 1869)

• Ariaantje van Buuren (73), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje van Buuren (73), Delft
• Arend Smale (73), Almen
• baartje van der GRAAF (38), nieuw lekkerland
• Alegonda Rollenbergh (66), Waspik
• "Joseph" Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl von Sachsen-Altenburg (79), Altenburg, Thüringen, Allemagne
• Anna Maria Hendrix (72), Urmond, Nederland
• Arend Smale (73), Almen
• Alexander Reinquin, Kerkom, Belgium
• Antje de Leeuw (0), Wormerveer

• 1862 » Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer († 1901)
• 1862 » Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower († 1958)
• 1865 » Kate Gleason, American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist († 1933)
• 1867 » Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr († 1941)
• 1868 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse († 1937)
• 1869 » Ben Lindsey, American lawyer and judge († 1934)
• 1870 » Maurice Denis, French painter of Les Nabis movement († 1943)
• 1870 » Winthrop Ames, American director, producer, and playwright († 1937)
• 1872 » Robert Maysack, American gymnast and triathlete († 1960)
• 1873 » Albert Henry Krehbiel, American painter and illustrator († 1945)

• 1865 » Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1884 » Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
• 1885 » Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1920 » Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)
• 1925 » Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)
• 1934 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
• 1944 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (b. 1877)

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.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• 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).
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• 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 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• 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.

The temperature on November 25, 1868 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.