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• Alphonse Joseph DELAUTRE, La Thieuloye(62)... Hauts de France († 1868)
• Anna Gertrudis Hubertina Hilkens, Roermond
• Aaltjen Geerdink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1869)
• Anna Jans Mast, Kloosterveen, Smilde († 1933)
• Anna Schiphorst Haalweide, Haalweide, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Christina Welters, Heemstede
• Wytske Oenes Dijkstra, utingeradeel
• "Marie" Catherine Léonie Félicie PRION, Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique († 1923)
• († 1940)
• Adriaan Geleijnse, haamstede

• Anna Maria Lieffelt (68), Amsterdam
• Antoon Callebaut, Erpe-Mere, België
• Abraham Cornelis Favier (0), Leiden
• Anthonij de Mol (64), Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anthonie Mol (64), Veere (64jr)
• Anthonij Albertsz Elzerman (85), Barendrecht
• Antonia Maria Borsten (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonij Marinusse de Mol (64), Veere
• Anna Maria Lieffeld (68), Amsterdam
• Agatha van Noordt (0), Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1858 » Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor († 1935)
• 1859 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer († 1930)
• 1859 » Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator († 1935)
• 1864 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator († 1931)
• 1868 » Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician († 1934)
• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)
• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer († 1932)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader († 1926)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)

• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)

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 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• 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.
• 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 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• December 10 » 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 May 22, 1868 was about 21.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.