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• Antje Welp, Heemskerk († 1949)
• Abraham PHILIP, Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Wietzes Welling, Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Age Jentjes Hoekstra, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1911)
• Alida Hendrika Sennekes, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vermeiren, Brecht (B) († 1932)
• Alida Moorman, Den Helder († 1928)
• Hermina Otten, Collendoorn († 1960)
• Aaltje Dirksen, Amsterdam († 1930)
• Anna Margaretha Hubertina Wolters, Maasbracht († 1944)

• Aldegondis van Mierlo (66), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Schellings (77), Alkmaar
• Adriana Koster (54), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Christina Johanna WELER (4), Arnhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Spaan (23), Ravenswaaij (Maurik) (GL)
• Aaltje Zijm (31), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Loon (66), Oosterhout
• Anna Andries van Loon (66), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelissen (61), Brummen
• Barendina Catharina Groot de (33), Delft, ZH, Nederland

• 1858 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator († 1924)
• 1862 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager († 1956)
• 1865 » Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player († 1945)
• 1868 » Jaan Tõnisson, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)
• 1869 » Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic († 1931)
• 1869 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright († 1935)
• 1872 » Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist († 1961)
• 1874 » Franz Schmidt, Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer († 1939)
• 1876 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer († 1944)
• 1878 » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper († 1925)

• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)

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 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on December 22, 1868 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.