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• Belo, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1868)
• Abraham Albertus Disser, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• ADRIANUS MOERMAN, MAASSLUIS († 1930)
• Andreas van Reusel, Tilburg († 1957)
• Adrianus Franken, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Adriana Blok, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Slootstra, Vinkega,Weststellingwerf,Friesland,Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Simons, Eygelshoven, Kerkrade († 1929)
• Abraham Albertus Disser, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Akke Siebolds Ykema, Haskerhorne, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)

• Arij van Zuijdam (78), Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Gerardus de Kruijff (91), Buren
• ?? Belo (0), (UT) Utrecht
• Aafje Sybes Krottje (0), St. Annaparochie
• Adriana Cornelia Spiering (29)
• Adolf Wareman (76), Zaltbommel
• Adriana Franse van Gilst (69), Barendrecht
• Adriana Janse (35), Oudenbosch
• Antje Steenstra (3), Musselkanaal, gem. Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolf Wareman (77), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1853 » Bat Masterson, American police officer and journalist († 1921)
• 1857 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author († 1913)
• 1858 » Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint († 1955)
• 1864 » Edward Higgins, English 3rd General of the Salvation Army († 1947)
• 1869 » Maud of Wales († 1938)
• 1870 » Sir Hari Singh Gour, founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar († 1949)
• 1873 » Fred Herd, Scottish golfer († 1954)
• 1876 » Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning († 1950)
• 1878 » Major Taylor, American cyclist († 1932)
• 1885 » Heinrich Brüning, German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1970)

• 1851 » Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)
• 1855 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
• 1857 » Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788)
• 1860 » Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)
• 1872 » Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
• 1882 » Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)
• 1883 » Sojourner Truth, American activist (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)
• 1892 » Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (b. 1825)
• 1895 » George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)

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.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.

The temperature on November 26, 1868 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.