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• Antoinette CHEVROT, La Roche-sur-Foron, Rhone-Alpes, France
• Ada Elizabeth Foote († 1938)
• Andries (Klaas) de JONG, Eanjum (Anjum), East-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland († 1892)
• Anna Herenius, Midwolda († 1938)
• (l.l.) Post, Wilsum († 1868)
• Adranus Driesprong, Ooltgensplaat, Oostflakke, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Magdalena Cornelia Romang, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Pedro Maagdenberg, Padang
• Albertus Hagen, De Huizen (Hoogeveen) († 1949)
• Antonia van KUIJK, Vlijmen, 4338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Abraham van Schouwen (69), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Gerardus Franciscus Notmeijer (0), Vlaardingen
• Andries Roels Poelstra weduwnaar (76), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Anna Schoonewelle (3), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna van Kernebeek (2), Putten
• Alida Petronella van Os (62), Vreeland
• Aaltje Dirks Lep (37), Leeuwarderadeel
• Abraham van Schouwen (69), Sint Annaland
• anna catharina talboom (52), Hontenisse
• Adriaan van SCHOUWEN (70), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)
• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

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.
• February 2 » Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.

The temperature on July 2, 1868 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.