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• Anna Catharina Brinkhorst, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1872)
• Aart van Hunenstijn, Putten († 1946)
• Aaltje Mijdenga, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Allegonda Wiegmans (Wigmans), Zaltbommel († 1958)
• Adriaan Horn, Oosterbeek († 1869)
• Anna Maria Johanna de Kadt, Druten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• * Geertruida Pols, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel († 1946)
• Adrianus van den Broek, Vught
• Adriana Boer, Ridderkerk († 1869)
• Aaltje Mijdenga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Aaltje Krijns Barnhoorn (78), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Spruit (49), Linschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hubertina Hameleers (3), Sint Pieter
• Adriaan Remijnse (67), Ellewoutsdijk
• Anna Schut (86), Bunschoten
• Alfred ROADS (27), Rowsham, Buckinghamshire
• Carel Johannes Marius d'Engelbronner (23), Surakarta, Java, Indonesia
• Aleida Blaauw (67)
• Adrianus Spruijt (49), Linschoten
• "Ida" Eleonora Margaretha von Fries (57), Bratislava, Slovaquie

• 1856 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 1921)
• 1857 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic († 1911)
• 1861 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek playwright and composer († 1917)
• 1873 » Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1874 » Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1874 » Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic († 1949)
• 1876 » Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming († 1977)
• 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)
• 1879 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer († 1963)
• 1881 » Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general († 1944)

• 1830 » John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
• 1846 » Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 » Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)

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.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• 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 29, 1868 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.