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• "Anna" Klementine Huberta Maria Wilhelmina von Loë, Köln, Allemagne († 1937)
• Aaltje Pieters Huizinga, Den Ham († 1953)
• Adriana Cornelia Dielemans, Oudenbosch († 1949)
• Albert Duinkerken, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Kerkenveld) († 1870)
• Adriana van Sintmaartensdijk, Mijnsheerenland († 1947)
• Alexandra v.Anhalt, Dessau († 1958)
• Adriana Cornelia Dielemans, Oudenbosch (NL) († 1949)
• (l.l.) Pino Post, Tilburg († 1868)
• Adriana van Dijk, Naaldwijk
• Aleida Johanna Toebes, binneheurne

• Aldert Flap (0), Nieuwolda
• Aaltje Douwes Sibma (36), Oudega
• Ann Lywood (63), Salisbury, Wiltshire
• Aaltje Douwes Sibma (36), Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna van Noord (0)
• Adriana Cornelia Billo (76), Delft
• Amelia Cecilia Vanbiervliet, Merkem West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Catharina THOMAS (79), Schilde, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriaantje Rijswijk (34), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaantje Rijsdijk (34), Rotterdam

• 1851 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician († 1931)
• 1853 » Remy de Gourmont, French poet, novelist, and critic († 1915)
• 1868 » Philippa Fawcett, English mathematician and educator († 1948)
• 1869 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower († 1958)
• 1875 » Pierre Monteux, Sephardic Jewish French-American viola player and conductor († 1964)
• 1876 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet († 1958)
• 1878 » Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian († 1958)
• 1879 » Gustav Goßler, German rower († 1940)
• 1884 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral († 1943)
• 1884 » James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul († 1971)

• 1846 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (b. 1769)
• 1861 » John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (b. 1785)
• 1863 » Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
• 1864 » Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American commander and paleontologist (b. 1808)
• 1870 » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
• 1874 » Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
• 1875 » Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Richard M. Brewer, American criminal (b. 1850)
• 1879 » Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist and meteorologist (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (b. 1791)

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 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

The temperature on April 4, 1868 was about 17.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.