About the day » Sunday September 20, 1868Calender converter

• Adolf Elkan, Pincehely, Tolna, Hungary
• Amélie Lhoir, Dour (BE) († 1893)
• Jacob Blom, Twijzel († 1946)
• Anna Christina Reijrink, Eibergen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1909)
• Alida Angenita Melchers, Amsterdam († 1934)
• Alida Elisabeth SCHOUTEN, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• * JACOB (Meines) Tienstra, Sneek, Friesland, NL († 1872)
• adrianus cornelis van DRIEL, ridderkerk
• Aaldert Jan Weenk, Beekbergen († 1869)
• Anna Elisabeth zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Lich, Allemagne († 1950)

• Aafje BOEKEL (VAN BOEKELEN) (62), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jans Tuinman (66), Tolbert
• Adriaan Taille (0), Kattendijke, Nederland
• Adriana Susanna Badoux (1), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaltjen Boerstoel (60), Rheden
• Anna Joannis van der Velde (72), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Floris (54), Hoek, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aletta Helena Dinger (55), Amsterdam
• Amelia Verhoeven‏ (2), Geel, België
• Anna Johanna van der Velde (72), Bolsward, Nederland

• 1853 » Chulalongkorn, Siamese king († 1910)
• 1861 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress († 1955)
• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) († 1932)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)
• 1880 » Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic († 1968)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

• 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 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• 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.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

The temperature on September 20, 1868 was about 21.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.