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• Anna van Weerdenburg, Ruwiel, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1869)
• Anna Pieters Ferwerda, Bolsward († 1868)
• Aagje Jonk († 1884)
• Albertina De Donder, Lier, België († 1926)
• Adriana Vroon, Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1922)
• Adriana Maria van Riel, Waalwijk († 1930)
• Adrianus Josephus Jacobus Hamers-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1868)
• Alphonsius Verpoorten, Halen, 3545, België († 1946)
• Agnes Paula Pautler, Evansville, Randolph, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• Anna Cornelia Wisselaar Of Wisfelaar, Rotterdam

• Casper Hasselbach, Arnhem
• Bastiana Roeleveld (17), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Berendina Hendrikson- (7), Slagahren, Nederland
• adrianus hugo van der GRIEND (0), zuid beijerland
• Cecilia (Maria Cecilia) Vlodorps (Flodrops) (60), Born (Holtum), Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Clasina "Klaasje"‏‎ van Gent (70), Warmond
• Cornelia de Leeuw (0), Laren, Nederland
• Arnoldus Lieben (86), Waltwilder
• Berendine Wolters (57), Almelo, Stad
• Clasina Willemsdr van Gent (70), Warmond

• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)
• 1862 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernst Felle, German rower († 1959)
• 1877 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales († 1950)
• 1878 » Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint († 1938)
• 1879 » Eric Campbell, British actor († 1917)
• 1879 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1886 » Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist († 1913)
• 1886 » Ma Rainey, American singer († 1939)
• 1889 » Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)

• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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.
• 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 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.

The temperature on April 26, 1868 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.