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• Aetske Hommes Westra, Oldeboorn († 1910)
• Albert Elling, westenesch († 1869)
• Anna Theresia Martinsen, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1869)
• Alma Metelmann, Aumühle, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Ksp. Brunstorf († 1952)
• Anna Hendrika Wijnbergen, Zwolle († 1872)
• Angeline Carlisle (Tucker, Madison, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Albertje Hendriks Stam, EaZ († 1932)
• Andries Heijnis, Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Spaargaren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Alwina Brantsen, 'S-Gravenhage, Z-H, Ned († 1957)

• Antonie Wit de (1), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Caspar Ludwig Ringel (43), Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan van den Polder (64), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Aafje Geus (22), Amsterdam
• Alida van de Kamer (72), Alkmaar-Noord-Holland-Nederland
• Alida van de Kamer (72), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Alida Catharina WILLIKS (50), Hoorn
• Beatrix MOOKHOEK (0), Dubbeldam
• Aartje van den Heuvel (0), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Charles Emanuel Wehn (12)

• 1854 » Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic († 1919)
• 1855 » Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company († 1941)
• 1868 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)

• 1817 » Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)

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.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• 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.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on November 8, 1868 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.