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• Akke Cornelia Kamm, Harderwijk († 1869)
• Aagje Zwart, Egmond aan Zee († 1906)
• Aletta Maria Kalkman, Schiedam († 1951)
• Albertina Johanna Wiltink, Epse (Gorssel) († 1947)
• Aagje Jacobsd Zwart, EaZ († 1906)
• Aebele Sakes (Ebele) de Vries, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Aagtje Zand, Zandeweer gem Kantensj, Groningen, Nederland († 1931)
• N.N. van Kappel, Raamsdonkveer († 1868)
• "Mathilde" Marguerite Joséphine de Narbonne-Lara
• Alexander KELLAS, Aberchirder, Marnoch, Banffshire, Scotland († 1942)

• Anna de Quartel (79), Mijnsheerenland
• Arie Arijense Spaans (80), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Arense Spaans (80), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana van den Berge (70), Dreischor, Zeeland, Nederland
• Schoenmakers, Delft
• Ariaantje Dogger (34), Oudeschild
• de Rooij (0), Tilburg, 4272, Noord Brabant, NL
• Alida Engelina Krul (0), Rijswijk
• Antje Bosch (46), Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands(Gasselternijveenschemond))
• Aafje BLOEM (31), Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1847 » Martin Pierre Marsick, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1850 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic († 1925)
• 1856 » Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer († 1928)
• 1863 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist († 1950)
• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)
• 1891 » José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines († 1959)
• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1892 » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener († 1962)

• 1810 » Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1825 » Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)
• 1831 » Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)

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 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on March 9, 1868 was about 8.6 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.