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• Arij de Witte, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1940)
• Aaltje Douwe van Zalinge, Broek in Waterland
• Adrianus Buurman, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Aaffien Menninga, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1906)
• Aaffien Mennenga, Rolde († 1906)
• Antje Hoek, 's-Gravenzande († 1949)
• Adriaan Maria Joseph KEUNEN, Deurne, 5750, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1893)
• Antero Augusto Maciel, Baependi, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1929)
• Anna Gertrud Thiessen, Veert (D) († 1945)
• ANTJE DE BRUIJN, HAZERSWOUDE († 1946)

• 11112 Sent Jans Pouwels (72), Uffelte Havelte
• Cornelis Cornelisz (Crillis) Duinker (Duijnker) (74), Den Helder
• Anna Margaretha Theodorusdr Gerritsen (0)
• Antje de Vette (66), Vlaardinger-Ambacht
• Catharina Elizabeth Eman (65), Aruba
• Cornelis Cornelisz Duinker (74), Den Helder, Netherlands
• Albert Visscher (1), Venebrugge, Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antoine Joseph DEVADDER (67), Brussel (B)
• Aagje van den Ende (1), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia_Petronella_Gerardina Remer (0), Den Haag

• 1856 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer († 1915)
• 1856 » John Lavery, Irish painter († 1941)
• 1870 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general († 1964)
• 1874 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist († 1945)
• 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
• 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
• 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
• 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)
• 1884 » John Jensen, Australian public servant († 1970)
• 1884 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1966)

• 1835 » Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)

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 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• December 10 » 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.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on March 20, 1868 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.