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• Adrianus Jacobus Vijverberg, 's-Gravezande
• Anna Johanna Wilhelmina Stout, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Faassen, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Adrianus Jacobus Vijverberg, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Richters († 1868)
• Adeline Schnakenberg, Adolphsdorf 22
• * Gijsbert Middag, Schoonrewoerd
• Ambrose Millar, Rotterdam († 1928)
• Albert Jan Rouwenhorst, vorden († 1934)
• Andries Pothof, Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands

• Albert - Alberts Strijker (45), Middelveen {DR} (Zuidwolde)
• "Grietje" Berends Riemeijer, Nieuweschans
• van Galen (0), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Alberts STRIJKER (45), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Willems (0), Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Adriaantje van Schalkwijk (80), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adam Dominicus Vandersmissen (83), Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België
• Adriaantje Schalkwijk (80), Kamerik, Nederland
• Adrianus van Putten, Maarsseveen
• , Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1855 » Alfred Wallis, English painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1857 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop and missionary († 1926)
• 1863 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter († 1930)
• 1869 » Carl Rungius, German-American painter and educator († 1959)
• 1870 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general and explorer († 1918)
• 1879 » Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general († 1970)
• 1885 » Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic († 1964)
• 1887 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining († 1957)
• 1890 » Walther Funk, German economist and politician, Reich Minister of Economics († 1960)
• 1893 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager († 1985)

• 1815 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1759)
• 1823 » André-Jacques Garnerin, French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
• 1842 » Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)

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.
• 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.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on August 18, 1868 was about 28.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.