About the day » Tuesday August 11, 1868Calender converter

• Anna Maria Schwarz, Greenock, South Australia, Australia
• Antonia Lith, Jutphaas, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1871)
• Venne (Fenne), Nieuwveen
• Antonius van de Ven, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Funcke, Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland († 1873)
• Adrianus (Aike) Meijs, Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Aleida Susanna Bekhuis, Langeveen († 1943)
• Antonius (2) Joosen, Chaam († 1868)
• Antje Geerts Postma, Wouterswoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1871)
• "Hervey" Amédée Marie de Goussencourt, Blicquy, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgique († 1940)

• Aaltje Elzinga (1), Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Kuipers (50), Middelstum
• Albert Egberts (4), Arnhem
• Aagje de Jong (0), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Aaltien POMP (0), Bonnerveen (Gieten), Drenthe, Nederland
• Aartje van OORSCHOT (0), Heerjansdam
• Lafebre (76)
• Anthoinetta Jacoba Wilhelmina Knuppel (24), Rembang, Central Java, Indonesië
• (5) Joosen, Chaam
• Aleida Gerritsen (42), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1855 » John Hodges, Australian cricketer († 1933)
• 1858 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1860 » Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player († 1939)
• 1870 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer († 1912)
• 1874 » Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg († 1953)
• 1877 » Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge († 1954)
• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)

• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (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.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• 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.
• November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.

The temperature on August 11, 1868 was about 30.9 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.