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• Annigje Wind
• Anna Bergman, Oudshoorn
• Anna Cornelia Hazen, Ossendrecht (Woensdrecht) (Noord-Brabant) († 1942)
• Geertruida Catharina Wilhelmina Helsloot, Amsterdam
• Adriana Vos, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Jansen, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Maria Verstraeten, Zemst, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1939)
• Arij Mos, Vlissingen, Netherlands († 1952)
• Adriana Blakenburg, Oosterhout († 1905)
• Aloijsia Catharina van de Wouwer, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)

• Anna Lammerdina Hendriks (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert van ‘t Zand (72), Kampen
• Anna Theresia Meulemeester (63), Zerkegem
• Anna Barbara Dautzenberg, Ubach Over Worms (L
• Annigje Slijkman (56), Kloosterveen, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abram Fransens Hartsema (59), Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Grijseels, den haag
• Albert Jacobs van 't Zand (72), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abel van der Linde (46), Norg
• Anna Barbara Dautzenberg (73), Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf

• 1853 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia († 1908)
• 1856 » Tom O'Rourke, American boxer and manager († 1938)
• 1857 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1932)
• 1868 » Sumner Paine, American target shooter († 1904)
• 1869 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer († 1944)
• 1877 » Robert Hamilton, Scottish international footballer († 1948)
• 1881 » Joe Forshaw, American runner († 1964)
• 1881 » Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author († 1922)
• 1882 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor († 1963)
• 1883 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear († 1962)

• 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
• 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
• 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
• 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)

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.
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• 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.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on May 13, 1868 was about 21.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.