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• Abraham van de Putte, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 1870)
• Abraham Prins Az, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Anders Backlund, Bellvik, Parish Of Dorotea († 1889)
• Albertus Gerardus Bouwens, Alem (Alem, Maren en Kessel) († 1944)
• Allina Bouman, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1930)
• Adrianus Willemsen, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Aaltje Smit, Assendelft NH NL
• Agatha Cornelia FURN√âE († 1956)
• Verschuur (Verschueren), Hontenisse († 1868)
• Alieda Louisa van den Berg, Boxtel 137 († 1874)

• Amelia Sophia Audenaert (66), Sint Niklaas
• Akke Dirks van der Ploeg (37), Pingjum, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelius(Cornelis) de Meijer (80), Raamsdonk
• Catharina Ermelinde MERTENS, Wommelgem, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Maria Wismans (46), Venray, Li.NL
• Antonius van der Heijden (69), Uden
• Catharina Ermelinde Mertens (66), Wommelgem, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Bartha Geertruida Johanna Korteling (15), Deventer
• Andriessen, Hilversum
• Trijntje dusseldorp (75), Giessendam

• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)
• 1856 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic († 1894)
• 1859 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico († 1920)
• 1874 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop († 1949)
• 1876 » Lionel Tertis, English violist († 1975)
• 1876 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor († 1973)
• 1879 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot († 1936)
• 1881 » Jess Willard, American boxer († 1968)
• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)
• 1886 » Norman Hallows, English runner and captain († 1968)

• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

• 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.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• 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.
• December 9 » 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.

The temperature on December 29, 1868 was about 6.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.