About the day » Thursday December 3, 1868Calender converter

• Abraham Wolf, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1943)
• Aalbrechta Johanna Brandwijk, Hillergersberg († 1954)
• Amelia Vronica van Appel, Utrecht († 1908)
• Albert Doornbos, Leermens, 't Zandt,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan de Roo, Zonnemaire († 1873)
• Adrianus Nobel, Vlist,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Catharina Craen, Antwerpen
• Adrianus Officier, Gemeente Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Adolphus Claerhout, Lendelede, 8860, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen
• Abraham Wolff, Urmond, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1943)

• Anna Gesina (Borgman) Borgmann (43), Horsten gem. Onstwedde
• Anna Cornelia Nuijten (1), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Berendina Leuneker (82), Zutphen
• Anna Catharina SMEETS (54), Hasselt (B)
• Aale Holthuis (1), Grasdorf, Veldhausen, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Anna Gesina Borgmann (42), Onstwedde
• Albert Cornelis Wissing (49), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Veenstra
• Andreas HUBERT (77), Gerner
• Luijendijk (0), Vierpolders

• 1857 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist († 1924)
• 1857 » Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1863 » Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter († 1899)
• 1864 » Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright († 1924)
• 1867 » William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia († 1933)
• 1872 » Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1962)
• 1872 » William Haselden, English cartoonist († 1953)
• 1875 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1878 » Francis A. Nixon, American businessman († 1956)
• 1879 » Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player († 1965)

• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)

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.
• March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
• May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
• June 10 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• 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 3, 1868 was about 8.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.