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• Adriaan van Mook, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Steinhausen, Mollseifen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adrianus Kapetijn, Oudenbosch († 1868)
• Albert SCHURING, Hijken (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1902)
• Anna Carolina Teixeira de Mattos
• * Wilhelmus Verhoeven, Boxtel († 1932)
• Anna Kats, Hoogeveen
• Adriana van Liere, Ellewoutsdijk († 1949)
• Adriana VAN DER BEEK, Dussen († 1868)
• Abraham Stokvisch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaantje van Gameren (26), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annah Montanye (81), Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaantje van Gameren (26), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• anna maria van dijk (73), ooltgensplaat (goeree overflakkee)
• Aaltje Dekker (42), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Burdick (68), Allegany Co., NY
• anna maria loop van der (55), nistelrode
• anna jacobsdr. van ZUIDEN (70), amsterdam
• Adriaantje Stok
• Hendrika van Riel (0), Waspik

• 1853 » Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse († 1939)
• 1859 » Matilda Howell, American archer († 1938)
• 1859 » Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer († 1943)
• 1867 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic († 1948)
• 1878 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1884 » Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1950)
• 1885 » Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic († 1959)
• 1887 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)

• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)

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 27 » Boshin War: The Battle of Toba–Fushimi begins, between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.
• 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.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.

The temperature on August 28, 1868 was about 15.5 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.