About the day » Monday August 17, 1868Calender converter

• Amalie Johanne Eline Isaksdatter, Gyltvik, Sørfold, Nordland, Norway († 1945)
• Aaltje Koldewijn, Deventer († 1927)
• Adrianus Happee, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1869)
• Aaltje Westerhuis, Finsterwolde, Nederland († 1948)
• Adriana Slieker, Culemborg († 1945)
• Aaltje Vat, Nijkerk († 1908)
• Anna Lisetta Selberg-Kesting
• Aartje Veth, Papendrecht († 1943)
• Adam van der Valk, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Aaltje Westerhuis, Finsterwolde († 1948)

• Allegonde Rutten (43), Well, Li.NL
• Aaltjen van Smirren (30), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Geers (1), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen van SMIRREN (30), Zwartsluis
• Aaltje van Smirren (30), Zwartsluis
• Aaltje van den Brink (6), Putten
• Alijda Elizabeth Driehuis (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Aleida Wilhelmina Rutten (0), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen van Smirren (30), Zwartsluis, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Hooijdonk (0), Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland

• 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)
• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1887 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line († 1940)

• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)

• 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.
• 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.
• May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
• 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.

The temperature on August 17, 1868 was about 33.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%.