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• Albertus Stokhof, Vinkenveen († 1934)
• Albardina VANDENBERG, Hollandtown, Brown County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1876)
• Agathe MUNCH, Ruederbach (68560, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Catharina Florentina Van den Broeck, Schriek (Heist op den Berg)
• Akke Durks Kootstra
• Adrianus de Jong, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Boom, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ale Veenstra, Marssum, gem. Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus de Jong, Klaaswaal, Hoeksche Waard, Z.H
• Adrianus Cornelius Boom, Waspik

• Anna Wilhelmina Sophia VERHEUGEN (70), Maastricht, 2919, Limburg, Nederland
• Aartjen Egberts (61), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalt van Huijsstede (81), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Catharina HUBENS (53), Kanne (Limburg) (B)
• Anje Reints Wildeman (58), Wagenborgen, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alijda Nijenhuis (73), Huissen
• Stanneveld (0), Netherlands
• Adrianus Franciscus Van Gool, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje van Eijk (0), Stolwijk
• Anje Reinds Wildeman (58), Wagenborgen gem. Termunten

• 1847 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver († 1903)
• 1848 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant († 1882)
• 1848 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic († 1907)
• 1852 » Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan († 1919)
• 1866 » Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1963)
• 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)

• 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)

• 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 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• 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.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.

The temperature on February 5, 1868 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 33 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.