About the day » Saturday September 5, 1868Calender converter

• Adriaan Minderhoud, Borssele, Zeeland, NL († 1943)
• Adriaan Minnaard, Wemeldinge († 1945)
• Adriaan BURGERS, Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• (l.l.) Post, Leimuiden († 1868)
• Albert van Olst, Steenwijkerwold
• Alida Bouhuijs, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 1905)
• Meuldijk, zwartewaal († 1868)
• Abraham Mozes Gomperts, Amsterdam († 1868)
• Abraham Hartman, Dinteloord (Princeland) († 1927)
• Adèle Marie CHEDEMAIL, Renazé, 53800, France

• Antje van Hesse(n) (0), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Alida Beij (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Theodorus Weterman, Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltjen Schreurs (67), Neede
• Antje Jelles Hof (68), Oldeboorn
• Aaltje Cornelis Vink (27), Tjamsweer (gem. Appingedam)
• Aaltjen Wibbelink (89), Bathmen,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• ?? Oskam (0), (UT) Linschoten
• Antonius de Munk (22), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• (l.l.) Post (0), Leimuiden

• 1856 » Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician († 1922)
• 1867 » Amy Beach, American pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1871 » Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
• 1872 » Horace Rice, Australian tennis player († 1950)
• 1872 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician († 1936)
• 1873 » Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer († 1942)
• 1874 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager († 1959)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal († 1956)
• 1880 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr († 1936)
• 1881 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria († 1938)

• 1836 » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1838 » Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (b. 1764)
• 1857 » Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
• 1894 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (b. 1822)
• 1898 » Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (b. 1841)
• 1901 » Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1902 » Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (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 23 » The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

The temperature on September 5, 1868 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.