About the day » Saturday August 29, 1868Calender converter

• Adriaan Leunis Goedhart, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1901)
• Abraham Jacobsz Klinkenberg, Delft († 1937)
• Aaltien Boezen, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltje Smidt, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1887)
• Aalbertus Gaasenbeek, Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1870)
• Albertje Brands, Roswinkel (gem. Emmen)
• Agnes Bernhardina Catharina van de Sand, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Adriana de BLAUWE, Nisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1868)
• Albertus Vervoert, Opheusden, Gelderland, Nederland
• AGNES JOHANNA WINTER, Nieuwe Pekela († 1883)

• Anna Maria Feije (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Flik (14), Assen
• Arend ten Cate (77), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Leijzer (0), Etten
• Jan Annes Lourens (68), Ooststellingwerf
• Aleida Maria Kroezen (41), Geesteren
• Antje Scheepstra (0), Irnsum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Leentvaar (59), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Adriaan van der Weele (0), Brouwershaven
• Annigje Woudenberg (24), Meerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1857 » Sandford Schultz, English cricketer († 1937)
• 1861 » Byron G. Harlan, American singer († 1936)
• 1862 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia († 1928)
• 1862 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)
• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

• 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 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
• July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on August 29, 1868 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.