About the day » Sunday February 23, 1868Calender converter

• Albert Alberts Bosma, Steggerda, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Bosma, Steggerda († 1940)
• (Stillborn) Klein († 1868)
• Aaltje Koeman, Jisp, Gemeente Wormerland, NH, Nederland († 1890)
• Aalt Hendrik Selles, Genemuiden, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltjen (Alie) VOLKERS, Zutphen († 1946)
• Andries Engeles Zuidema, Akkerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Aalt Selles, Genemuiden († 1918)
• , Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Aaltje van Wilsem, Kampen

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• Age Ages Postma (64), Nes
• Albertus Verheij (60), s-Heerenberg gem. Montferland Gld. Nederland
• Annechien Lammerts Giezen (67), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Duval (76), Haarlem
• Anthonius Nicolaas BOUVIJ (76), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Gerrits van der Meer (67), Nijega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Jacobs (44), Epe
• Anthonius Nicolaas Bouvy (76), Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anthonius Nicolaas Bouvy (76), Dordrecht

• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)

• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)

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.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• December 9 » 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.
• December 24 » The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

The temperature on February 23, 1868 was about 6.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.