About the day » Sunday December 6, 1868Calender converter

• Adriaan Kik, ,, Brouwershaven, Nederland
• Alphonsius HERMAN, Koewacht(ZE) († 1909)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Davidus HOPPENER, Woubrugge
• Adriana Maria Gabriel Corsmit, Zwaluwe († 1872)
• Abe Mulder, Sint Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands († 1939)
• Anna Charlotta Raaff, Batavia (NOI) († 1937)
• Aafke Oost, Opende (Grootegast) († 1930)
• Alida Van Hees, Lexmond, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aafke Willems Oost, Doezum († 1930)
• Alida Beijersbergen, Wassenaar († 1868)

• Adamus Wilhelmus Bodewes (61), Groningen, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Hoetmer (1), Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Pulskens- (57), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Arnold-lambert Vos (0), Oss
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Baaten (59), Woensel
• Arie Modder (0), Hargen, Schoorl
• Arnoldus Van Rhijn (82), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ambros Devrome (39), Armentieres,, Friesland, Nederland
• van der Wilk (0), Nieuwkoop, Gemeente Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, NEDERLAND
• Aaltje van der Bijl (56), Sneek

• 1853 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic († 1937)
• 1853 » Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer († 1914)
• 1872 » Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1872 » William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1875 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot († 1946)
• 1875 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author († 1941)
• 1876 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company († 1932)
• 1878 » Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician († 1968)
• 1882 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer († 1954)

• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)

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.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on December 6, 1868 was about 13.4 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.