About the day » Wednesday July 22, 1868Calender converter

• Albert Roemer, Schoonebeek, Nederland († 1873)
• amalia huberta augusta geres bosch († 1936)
• Alida Kramer, Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Adrianus van Ham († 1945)
• Albertus Visscher, Stad Almelo († 1869)
• André Faro Fleury, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1898)
• "Paul" Heinrich Kurz Max von Hake, Aurich (D)
• Anna Maria van Drimmelen, Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Wezel, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Meulen, Leeuwarden

• Helleganger (40), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Johannes van Spronsen (75), 's-Gravenzande
• Anna Wouterina van den Heuvel (1), Waspik
• Anna Hendrika Griffioen (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Karel Breeuwer (0), Westzaan
• Arie Planken (0), Vuren (GL)
• Aart van Wijngaarden (0), Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wandemaker (0), Melissant, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Leemans (0), Tilburg .Noord-Braband . Nederland
• Aaltje Binnemars (38), Staphorst

• 1849 » Emma Lazarus, American poet and educator († 1887)
• 1856 » Octave Hamelin, French philosopher († 1907)
• 1862 » Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Scottish fencer († 1931)
• 1863 » Alec Hearne, English cricketer († 1952)
• 1878 » Janusz Korczak, Polish pediatrician and author († 1942)
• 1881 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology († 1966)
• 1882 » Edward Hopper, American painter and etcher († 1967)
• 1884 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1967)
• 1886 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author († 1954)
• 1887 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)

• 1826 » Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1746)
• 1832 » Napoleon II, French emperor (b. 1811)
• 1833 » Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (b. 1757)
• 1864 » James B. McPherson, American general (b. 1828)
• 1869 » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)
• 1902 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
• 1904 » Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1906 » William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)

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 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on July 22, 1868 was about 21.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.