About the day » Wednesday December 2, 1868Calender converter

• Albert van LOHUIZEN, Markluiden (Heerde) († 1957)
• Adriana SCHEEPMAKER, Kortenhoef (N.-H.), Neth († 1869)
• Adrianus Stolwijk, Kamerik († 1868)
• Albert Henkes, Texel, prov. Noord Holland († 1951)
• Abel Reitsema, Stadskanaal,Stadskanaal,Groningen,Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje de Jong, Drachten, Smallingerland († 1869)
• Amelia Sophia Murijn, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriana Maria KERSTENS, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Alida Dekker, Eemnes 31
• Antje Rinzes Kramer, Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• "Louis" André Joseph de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (63), Bruxelles
• Antje Jacobs Roet (75), Wijde Wormer
• Adriana Buitenweg (74), Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Frederikus Macor (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Ottink (64), Uelsen
• Adele Natalie Raman (65), Gent
• Adrianus Arnoldusz van Dorresteijn (75), Soest
• Alida Lelieveld (0), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dorresteijn (75), Soest
• Annetje van Olst (35), Nunspeet

• 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)

• 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 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 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

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%.