About the day » Thursday January 2, 1868Calender converter

• "Hélie" de Durfort de Civrac († 1931)
• Adriana Willemina Evegaars, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Amelia MITCHELL, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia († 1869)
• Anna Pepels, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltjen Kloosterboer, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• Anthonia de Prie, Alkemade,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Anna Elisabeth Poortman, Vlaardingen
• Andries van Driesum, Leeuwarden († 1925)
• Antje Engelken Dunkel, Ihrhove, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Abraham Querido, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Maria van Bebber, Groesbeek Gd)
• Abel Verheek (57), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart van der Linden (70), Ridderkerk(ZH)
• Anna Elisabeth van Lier (77), Swolgen, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje de Bruin (85), Suameer, Tietjerksteradeel (Frl)
• Aart van der Linde, Ridderkerk
• Aaltje de Bruijn (42), Lopik
• Anna Maria Christes (72), Molenbeersel
• Adriana Verkerke (65), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Mans (0), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1857 » M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist († 1935)
• 1860 » Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer († 1931)
• 1860 » William Corless Mills, American historian and curator († 1928)
• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

• 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.
• February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• 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.
• August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 M_w  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

The temperature on January 2, 1868 was about -4.8 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.