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• , Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België († 1937)
• Adriana Kooiman, Bergambacht († 1931)
• Adriana Cornelia Jacoba Torré, Gouda,Gouda,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adriana Maria Antonetta Bertens, Tilburg Nederland († 1870)
• Albert Oukes, Weststellingwerf (Steggerda) († 1873)
• Anderijntje Poot, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Aagje Lans, Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Albert Hemstede, Arriën
• Aeilko Kubbe, Sappemeer,, Groningen, Nederland († 1935)
• Adriana Catharina van Exsel, Ginneken († 1959)

• Amelia van de Wege (19), IJzendijke
• Anna Heeroma (83), Oldeholtpade, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana de Klerk (74), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan Speksnijder (42), Nieuw Lekkerland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Nicolai (8), Halle-Boyenhoven
• Adriana Cools (50), Loon op Zand
• Adriana Cools (50), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Auguste Ryckaert (0), Woumen
• Anna Heeroma (83), Weststellingwerf
• Anna Annes (Antje) Heerema (Heeroma) (82), Oldeholtpade, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland

• 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)
• 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)
• 1868 » Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons († 1927)
• 1871 » Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany († 1925)
• 1872 » Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist († 1903)
• 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
• 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
• 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)
• 1881 » Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico († 1939)
• 1881 » Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor († 1955)

• 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)

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.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• 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.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.

The temperature on February 4, 1868 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.