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• Adriana Lonis, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1946)
• Adriana van der Linde, Dreischor († 1962)
• Abraham Buitenkant, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Alida Klazina Verstraete, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1932)
• Adriana Hendrika van Steenveld, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• Aart Vos, Nunspeet
• Adolf Adrianus Johannes van Engelen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1936)
• Adriana Tannetje KRABBE, Nieuwerkerk, Nederland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1895)
• Age Jans Nicolai, Drachten († 1939)
• Alida Johanna Bodewes, Hoogezand († 1946)

• Adriana Aalbers, Heteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Sloot (55), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Vliet (70), Gouda
• Aartje Rademaker (29)
• Arent Wijn (69), Groningen
• Beerend (Roelofs) Huizing (77), Peize
• Adrianus van Hattum (77), Eck en Wiel
• Cornelia Gerritsdr van der Bijl (84), Warmond
• Antonie Jan Haarman (41), Wengelo (Wijhe)
• Cornelia Goedhart (63), Vinkeveen en Waverveen

• 1861 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian educator, lawyer, and politician, President of the Indian National Congress († 1946)
• 1865 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army († 1950)
• 1869 » Charles Finger, English-American journalist and author († 1941)
• 1870 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1965)
• 1873 » Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator († 1959)
• 1874 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress († 1944)
• 1875 » Francis Aveling, Canadian psychologist and priest († 1941)
• 1875 » Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal († 1955)
• 1876 » Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1876 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan († 1948)

• 1824 » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
• 1824 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)
• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)

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.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on December 25, 1868 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.