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• Stadhouders, Thorn († 1868)
• Anna Gezina van Royen, Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Province of Groningen,Netherlands († 1927)
• Anna Hendrica Porton, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1942)
• Alfred Eric Sergius Chaumont, Brugge (België)
• Alida Veen, Den Helder († 1933)
• Aaltje Brandsma, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1937)
• Anthonie Boeree, Haarlem († 1936)
• Aaltje Gerrits LEIJERWEERT, Hellendoorn Overijssel Netherlands († 1870)
• Anna Maria KORTÜM, Waren, Mecklenburg (D) († 1938)
• Aafje Beek, Zijpe

• Abraham van Beijeren (46), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Haal (83), Moyland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antje Hendriks Baron (16), Drachten Gem. Smallingerland
• Arent Leendertsz van den Berg (78), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van de Waardt (37), Culemborg
• Aart (Hermanussen) BOUWMAN (53), Nijkerk (Gld) buurtschap Veen
• Anna Catharina Verhoeven (78), Graauw, Nederland
• Anna Ersson (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ALEXANDER VANROY, Paal
• arie Boersen (39), Warmenhuizen

• 1847 » Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic († 1923)
• 1855 » Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator († 1936)
• 1872 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist († 1950)
• 1876 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1878 » Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1929)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter († 1967)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician († 1926)
• 1886 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author († 1968)
• 1888 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor († 1971)
• 1890 » Alfred Jodl, German general († 1946)

• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)

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.
• 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.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

The temperature on May 10, 1868 was about 15.5 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.