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• Alberta Berendina BOMHOF, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1935)
• Agina van der Wiel, Sliedrecht († 1930)
• Alida Petronella van der Meer, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1905)
• Aagje van Zanten, Naaldwijk († 1952)
• Anthonij Adriaan de Ruuk, Arnhem († 1870)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Mourik, Waalwijk († 1868)
• Adriaan Roelse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1869)
• Aaltjen KOLKMAN, Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)
• Adriana de Hertogh, Voorburg († 1868)
• Aaltje Broerstra, Dedgum, Wonseradeel († 1918)

• Antje Jans de Jong (78), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Vermeule (34), Ovezande, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dina Koppejan (0), Ritthem, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Pieters Ferwerda (0), Bolsward
• Cornelis Johannes de Graaff (0), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrey Evstafievich Behrs (60)
• Christina Paddinge (49), Huizen (Hoogeveen)
• Bernardus Gerrit Roding (69)
• Adriana Arijsd de Reus (79), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Peter van Pelt (0), Capelle

• 1852 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic († 1919)
• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)
• 1883 » Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland († 1942)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

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.
• March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on May 31, 1868 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.