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• Adriana (2) van Beek, Rucphen († 1923)
• Alida Maria Gmelig, Amsterdam († 1924)
• Alice PETERS, Preston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1952)
• Büter, Krüssel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1868)
• Westerbeek
• Abraham Smit, Leiderdorp († 1947)
• Petrus Antonius Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1868)
• Adrianus Vlastuin, Utrecht († 1945)
• Alexander Cornelis Houtman, Weesp († 1919)
• Anna Helena Jansen, Bergeijk († 1955)

• Arie Goudswaard (1), Heinenoord
• Apolonia van Gemmert (70), Wateringen
• Adriana du Mez (73), IJzendijke
• ANGENEES REUSELAAR (79), Aalsmeer
• Antje Wiebes de Vries (49), jubbega
• Adrianus van Es (43), Haarlemmermeer
• Angeneeske van Reuzselaar (79), Aalsmeer
• Apolonia van Gemmert (70), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Wybes (Wiebes) de Vries (49), Jubbega Schurega, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius DICKENS (45), Baarle-Hertog, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1861 » Omar Bundy, American general († 1940)
• 1861 » Pete Browning, American baseball player († 1905)
• 1863 » Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg († 1934)
• 1865 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician († 1915)
• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author († 1922)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)
• 1871 » James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist († 1938)
• 1876 » Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author († 1922)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)

• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

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.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• March 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
• 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.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.

The temperature on June 17, 1868 was about 26.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.