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• Agatha Gerardina Samuella van Weel, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana Fraterman, den haag
• Aart Visscher, Sliedrecht († 1950)
• Adrianus Smits, Moergestel († 1956)
• Anna Cornelia Boden, Wouw († 1934)
• Adrianus Johannes Houtman, Rotterdam († 1923)
• * Maria Baars, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1868)
• Adolf Gerard Lambert Steegh, Horst,, Limburg, Nederland († 1934)
• anna mechtildis roodbeen, grubbenvorst († 1927)
• Adolph Gerard Lambert Steegh, Horst, Lim, Nederland († 1934)

• Bartholomeus van Dijk (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Pieters WIERINGA (0), Fransum Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus van Leerdam (79), Asperen
• Antje Klasens de Vries (75), Roden
• Anna Kommerijntje van Oort (71), Geldermalsen
• André François Joseph Herbet (65), Bertry, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van den Broeke (0), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• Antonin de La Motte de la Motte Rouge (24), Milianah, Algérie
• Adrianus Theodorus Spiekerman (13), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Brigitta Van Agtmael (52), Essen

• 1851 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record († 1929)
• 1854 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria († 1937)
• 1856 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter († 1910)
• 1860 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)

• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)

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.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• 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 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on May 20, 1868 was about 29.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 29%.