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• Adrianus Lambertus van Vuure, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Harweg, Bergeijk
• ?? Kamps, (DR) Eelde-Paterswolde († 1868)
• Alice Pitcher († 1929)
• Abraham Maarleveld, Oud-Beijerland († 1936)
• Albertus van Dijk, Renswoude, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriaan van Noord, Amsterdam († 1941)
• Aalt Prins, Kampen († 1918)
• Alida van den Bosch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Alida ROOS, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1955)

• Arie van Oosterom (80), Wilnis
• Anna Maria Pennink (45), Noordwolde-Weststellingwerf
• Aaltje Arends (0), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Paterswolde)
• Arend Holtrop (10), Jubbega-Schurega, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Wendell Fletcher (0)
• Andreas Ossewold (3), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annetje Visser (0), Monnickendam
• Antonie van Hoof (68), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Noij (1), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Carolina Jacobse (0), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1857 » Max Wagenknecht, German organist, composer, and educator († 1922)
• 1863 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author († 1940)
• 1865 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic († 1962)
• 1867 » Cupid Childs, American baseball player († 1912)
• 1867 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1933)
• 1870 » Nelson McDowell, American actor († 1947)
• 1871 » Guangxu Emperor of China († 1908)
• 1875 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian-American painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1876 » Alexander I of Serbia († 1903)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

• 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.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on August 14, 1868 was about 24.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.