About the day » Wednesday December 2, 1868Calender converter

• Albert BUTLER, Worcestershire, England († 1922)
• Adolphine Rosine Theis, Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Abraham Hendrik KNOOP, Stolwijk († 1885)
• Alida Dekker, Eemnes 31
• Aartje van Eijkelenburg, Amersfoort
• Alfred François Bracquiné, Oordegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1910)
• Adrianus Groot, Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Groeneveld, Oud-Beijerland († 1945)
• Albert Priester, Winterswijk
• aagje GROENEVELD, oud-beijerland († 1945)

• Aafje (Aagje) Dignum (Diggelen) (Dingum) (64), Warmenhuizen
• * Arie de Wild (52), Leerbroek
• Arie Pieters KOS (66), Ursem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje van Olst (35), Nunspeet
• Adrianus van Dorresteijn (75), Soest
• Aafje Dingnum (61), Warmerhuizen
• Adele Natalie Raman (65), Gent
• Arie Kos (66), Ursem
• Arie de Wild (52), Leerbroek
• Aafje Dingnum (Diggelum , Diglum, Diglem , Dignum ) (61), Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1846 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France († 1904)
• 1847 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager († 1939)
• 1859 » Georges Seurat, French painter († 1891)
• 1860 » Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1926)
• 1866 » Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter († 1949)
• 1876 » Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism († 1935)
• 1884 » Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge († 1953)
• 1884 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author († 1958)
• 1885 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)

• 1814 » Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
• 1844 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
• 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

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.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• May 30 » Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

The temperature on December 2, 1868 was about 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.