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• Albertien Roetman, Zwollerkerspel, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1947)
• Aaltje Boerkoel, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Alida van Daalen, Kortenhoef
• Abraham te Gussinklo, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aartje de Kloet, Abcoude-Baambrugge († 1908)
• Adriana Joanna Schetters, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1873)
• Amanda E. Anton, Ohio, United States
• Alexander Nikolai von Timroth, Pokrovski near Pskov (Pleskau), Russia († 1930)
• Adriaan den Dikken, Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Beeres, Groningen († 1940)

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• Adrianus De Ceulaer, Zichem
• Anje Aries Doornbos (60), Schildwolde
• Adriana Winden (70), Princenhage, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Fischer (31), Horsten gem. Onstwedde
• Arnoldus Anthonie Ultee (50), Linschoten
• Anna Maria Verheijen (73), Deurne en Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Giebels (39), Heemstede
• Antonij Berends (40), Zwolle {OV}
• Hak (54), Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands

• 1862 » Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter and educator († 1936)
• 1869 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1934)
• 1871 » Florence R. Sabin, American medical scientist († 1953)
• 1872 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian author and poet († 1941)
• 1873 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and surgeon († 1941)
• 1874 » Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist and academic († 1954)
• 1877 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of the Italian Republic († 1959)
• 1877 » Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher, poet, and politician († 1938)
• 1878 » Ahn Changho, Korean activist and politician († 1938)
• 1879 » Jenő Bory, Hungarian architect and sculptor († 1959)

• 1801 » Carl Stamitz, German-Czech violinist and composer (b. 1745)
• 1848 » Robert Blum, German poet and politician (b. 1810)
• 1854 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, wife/widow of Alexander Hamilton and co-founder of the first private orphanage in New York (b. 1757)
• 1880 » Edwin Drake, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1918 » Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1918 » Peter Lumsden, English general (b. 1829)
• 1919 » Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 26th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1848)
• 1924 » Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (b. 1901)

• 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 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• 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).
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on November 9, 1868 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.