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• Albartus Johannes Hendriksen, Drempt
• Adriana Zevenbergen, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Andries Craft, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1892)
• Anna Olbers, Castricum († 1933)
• "Marie Valerie" Mathilde Amalie van Oostenrijk († 1924)
• Annigje Grit, Oldendiever
• Adriana Knevelbaard, Stadskanaal (gem. Wildervank) († 1952)
• Anna Elizabeth Settles, Licking County, Ohio († 1932)
• Abraham Jacobus Jonker, Apeldoorn († 1868)
• Jasper, Hemeler Oldeferd († 1868)

• Anne Catharine Spiekers (70), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaantje Abrahamse Fernaais (75), Zonnemaire
• Albert Anneveldt (0), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arie van Putten (32), Breukelen-St. Pieters
• Aaltje van Hal
• Jasper (0), Hemeler Oldeferd
• Arris Teunisz van Ee (76), Zeist, Nederland
• Adriaantje Vernaaijs (75), zonnemaire (zeeland)
• Berendina Schoep (52), Wapenveld
• Muis (0), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1852 » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg († 1912)
• 1854 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1858 » Ethel Smyth, English composer († 1944)
• 1860 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress († 1916)
• 1870 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia († 1924)
• 1872 » Princess Margaret of Prussia († 1954)
• 1873 » Ellen Glasgow, American author († 1945)
• 1876 » Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman († 1920)
• 1876 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)

• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)

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.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

The temperature on April 22, 1868 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.