About the day » Tuesday May 5, 1868Calender converter

• Albert Alerink, Sibculo († 1946)
• Aleida Scholte Meijering, Bauerhausen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anna von Plettenberg, Hovestadt
• Adrianus Groot, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Adrianus KALKMAN, Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth († 1868)
• Schipperen, Princenhage, Nederland († 1932)
• Aimée Céline Rouet, Froid-Chapelle, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adrianus Kalkman, Lekkerkerk († 1868)
• Anna von Plettenberg, Hovestadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Albertus Koudijs, Noordwijkerhout († 1948)

• Arend Jan Navis (69), Lintelo (Aalten)
• Arnoldus van Waas (45), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Monsieur (39), Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Helten (1), Rotterdam
• Alettinus Branderhorst (0), De Werken, Nederland
• Willem Roseboom (70)
• Arent Jan Naves (69), Lintelo (Aalten), Gelderland, Nederland
• "Jan" Johannes Johannes (66), Aarle-Rixtel
• Arnoldus WAAS, van (45), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beertjen van Veluwen (65), Harderwijk

• 1858 » John L. Leal, American physician († 1914)
• 1859 » Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor († 1926)
• 1864 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author († 1922)
• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)
• 1883 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India († 1950)

• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)

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.
• 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.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• 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.

The temperature on May 5, 1868 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%.