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• Aaltje Hekman, Varsen († 1941)
• Anna Geertruida van den Berg, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Adrianus Meulemans, Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Aaltje Jans van der Veen, Augustinusga († 1919)
• Adriana Cornelia Verhage, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 1947)
• Alida van der Knijff, Zegwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Laarhoven, Kalmthout
• Anna Liffers, Grieth, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1949)
• Aaltje van der Veen, Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1919)
• Wijnen, Amersfoort

• Anthonie Kamper (22), Urk
• Adrianus Johannes (Joannes) Pietersz van den Broek (60), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Jansd VERMAAS (63), Oud-Beijerland
• Aloysius Victor Commeyne (1), Rumbeke
• Akke Jans Blauw (29), Lippenhuizen
• Adrianus van der Jagt (0), Moerkapelle
• Adriana van Emmerik (0), Culemborg
• KOK (0), Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jacobszoon Koffeman (59), Noordzee
• Aaltje Kwint (39), Lienden

• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)
• 1863 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1933)
• 1863 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer († 1929)
• 1865 » Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic († 1940)
• 1868 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic († 1908)
• 1868 » Lucy Booth, English composer († 1953)
• 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
• 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)
• 1878 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director († 1954)

• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)

• 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.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• 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.

The temperature on April 28, 1868 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.