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• Abraham Nabarro, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Akke Gatzes Calsbeek, Oldeboorn, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Netherlands
• Akke Gatzes van Kalsbeek, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anne Marie Zeline Selis, Sint-Truiden, België († 1944)
• van Zetten, Middelharnis († 1868)
• Aaltje Smid, Veendam (Groningen) († 1941)
• Albert Jacobs, Kloosterveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1931)
• Adriana Gerarda Maria van Haaster, Voorschoten
• Adriana Johanna Windhouwer, Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1869)
• Adriana Gerarda Maria Van Haaster, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Jansen (0), Oosterhout
• Annigjen Klazes Jetten (35), Nijetrijne, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Annigje Klazes Jetten* (35), Nijetrijne (Frl.)
• Annigje Klazes Jetten (35), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus de Langen (3), Zegveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Amory (1), Maastricht
• Abraham Schout (0), Ritthem, Zeeland, NL
• Antje Berends Staphorsius (1), Bergum
• Adrianus van Eerdenburg (34), Zaamslag, Nederland
• van Verre (0), Noordgouwe

• 1857 » Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator († 1924)
• 1859 » Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author († 1929)
• 1860 » Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler († 1907)
• 1866 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist († 1907)
• 1866 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1867 » Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator († 1963)
• 1870 » Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist († 1925)
• 1871 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian politician, 2nd President of Latvia († 1939)
• 1876 » Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author and playwright († 1958)
• 1877 » Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1960)

• 1848 » George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1861 » Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793)
• 1864 » Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
• 1865 » William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
• 1891 » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)

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.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• 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.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

The temperature on August 12, 1868 was about 23.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.