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• Anna Maria Cuijck, van, Venray
• Andries Meinderts Siderius, St. Jacobiparochie († 1939)
• Aaltje Wiebes Alkema, Zevenhuizen († 1952)
• Adrianus Helenus(1) Termijn, Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands († 1868)
• Albert Pol, Zuidbarge, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Remorie, Boschkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1931)
• Anna Elisabeth Luijendijk, Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Alkema, Zevenhuizen († 1952)
• Alfred Baldwin, 27 ELMWOOD STREET LEEDS WEST YORKSHIRE († 1943)
• Anetta Ida Caudri († 1899)

• Aaltje Achterberg (0), Veenendaal
• Anna Margarita Van den Berck (65), Olmen
• Anna Gertrudis Grommen (54), Brustem, België
• Antje Swarthof (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Franssen
• Anna Elisabeth Hempen (84), Lindloh, Haren, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Alida Knijn (1), Sint Pancras, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Nan (25), Hoogcarspel
• Arie de Kruijf (71), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Hendrika Bernts (6), Horssen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1851 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist († 1918)
• 1860 » Justinien de Clary, French target shooter († 1933)
• 1871 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant († 1951)
• 1873 » James Harcourt, English character actor († 1951)
• 1875 » Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer († 1909)
• 1879 » Paul Poiret, French fashion designer († 1944)
• 1882 » Holland Smith, American general († 1967)
• 1884 » Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator († 1915)
• 1884 » Oliver Kirk, American boxer († 1960)
• 1884 » Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1966)

• 1831 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)

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 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• 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.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• 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.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on April 20, 1868 was about 15.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.