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• Aart Alblas, Ridderkerk
• Anje Bos, Siddeburen († 1935)
• Adrianus Zorn, Mijdrecht († 1934)
• Adrianus Heijne, Oosterhout († 1868)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Boekesteijn, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1868)
• Aagje Jacoba van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Aaltje van Heerde, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Aart ALBLAS, Ridderkerk († 1949)
• Adriana van Gulik, Loon op Zand († 1934)
• Adrianus Zorn, Mijdrecht († 1934)

• Adriana Vingerhoets (28), Tilburg
• Catharina Christina Ferber (0), Delft
• Catharina Johanna Scholtens (14), Kolham, Groningen, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Lith (82), Deil
• Aletta Haas, de (66), Zutphen
• Antje Schenk (1), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Middelkoop (55), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina Helena Kok (3), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta de Haas (65), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Ludolfine Schröder (65), 's Gravenhage

• 1847 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1929)
• 1857 » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia († 1930)
• 1860 » Tom Norman, English businessman († 1930)
• 1861 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1867 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1925)
• 1875 » Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter († 1951)
• 1880 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee († 1972)
• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)

• 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
• 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
• 1840 » Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)

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 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on May 7, 1868 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 36%.