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• de Groot, Heiloo († 1868)
• Aaltje Schuil, Leek
• Alzira Sprenger Vianna, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil († 1960)
• Abraham Johannes Christiaan Harcksen, Schiedam
• Bos, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Adriana Cornelia Veenhof, Leersum, Nederland († 1937)
• Aaldert Dekker, Dalen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Veenhuizen) († 1957)
• Abraham van Koperen, 's-Gravenhage († 1869)
• van der Put, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van den Hurk, Tiel (GL) († 1934)

• Antje Kool (0), Amsterdam Noord Holland
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Leeuwen (0), Haarlemmerliede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus T'Servranckx (0), Werchter
• Adriaan van de ven (71), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Geertruida De Mersie (Domerghi) (0), Den Haag,-
• Snoeren (0), Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Ann HALL (44), Meerbrook, Staffordshire
• Antje Yntzes (2) van der Honing (43), ,, Katlijk, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Akke Baukes Jorna (1), Wijlaarderburen onder Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalt Gerrits Prins (66), Kampen

• 1856 » Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author († 1934)
• 1857 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1866 » Matthew Henson, American explorer († 1955)
• 1874 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1948)
• 1875 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil († 1955)
• 1876 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute († 1929)
• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1879 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician († 1919)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)

• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)

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.
• 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.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.

The temperature on August 8, 1868 was about 23.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.