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• Aaltje Hovestad, Millingen
• Anna Maria van Meer, Etten-Leur (NL) († 1953)
• Adriana Slager († 1869)
• Anthonia Kuijer, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Reddingius, Deurne († 1942)
• Anna Maria Goossens, Tilburg
• Alphons Josephus VAN MALDEREN, Opwijk
• Nouwen († 1959)
• Adrianus van Winden, IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1889)
• Anna van Loon, Haarlem († 1942)

• Ardina Martens (69), Gestel, Nederland
• Albert Vleems (1), Wachtum, Nederland
• Annechien Everts SCHERPHUIS (0), Uitwierde, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Arien Neuvel (0), Oudijk
• Anthonie Rieu (3), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Elzing (3)
• Mewborn (0), Greene, North Carolina
• Aartje De Ruiter (22), Nunspeet
• Arien Jacobs Neuvel (0)
• Adriana Koetsier (0), Hazerswoude

• 1864 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general († 1919)
• 1866 » James J. Corbett, American boxer († 1933)
• 1867 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician († 1947)
• 1868 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician († 1952)
• 1871 » J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader († 1961)
• 1875 » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist († 1961)
• 1877 » Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1945)
• 1877 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player († 1949)
• 1878 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1942)

• 1838 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)
• 1839 » Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)
• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (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.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• April 7 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation, is assassinated by a Fenian activist.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

The temperature on September 1, 1868 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.