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• Gilles Petrus Dam, Velsen († 1868)
• Aberdina Clara Bolier, Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Abels
• Adelina Bertha Cornelia Hendriks, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrian Hietpas, Little Chute,Outagamie Co, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1934)
• Adriana Helena Alida Zijnen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aberdina Clara Bolier, Scherpenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Clystus Thralls, Brookfield Linn, Missouri (USA († 1964)
• Amelia Van Dongen, Kieldrecht
• Anna Elisabeth Nienhuis, Appingedam

• Aaltje Uilkes Meijer (69), Garijp
• Adolphe Joseph BERGER (0), SPA, Liège, Belgique
• Anna Barmond (42), Pernis
• Anje Luitjes RIETEMA (1), Hornhuizen (Kloosterburen) Groningen Netherlands
• Alida Maria Neefjes (0), Westwoud, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van IJperen (0), Vlaardingen
• Akke van der Weide (44), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van IJperen (0), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Verkerk (79), Werkhoven, Utrecht, NL
• Aagje Cornelia Stolk (1), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1858 » Stewart Culin, American ethnographer and author († 1929)
• 1859 » Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1947)
• 1863 » Margaret Murray, British archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist († 1963)
• 1864 » John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel and businessman († 1912)
• 1877 » Robert Henry Mathews, Australian linguist and missionary († 1970)
• 1884 » Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach († 1951)
• 1889 » Emma Asson, Estonian educator and politician († 1965)
• 1889 » Stan Coveleski, American baseball player († 1984)
• 1892 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American discus and javelin thrower († 1955)
• 1892 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator († 1941)

• 1881 » John C. Pemberton, American general (b. 1814)
• 1889 » Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1830)
• 1890 » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1890 » John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American tribal chief (b. 1836)
• 1896 » August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1907 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1911 » Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1870)

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.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

The temperature on July 13, 1868 was about 27.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.