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• Adrianus De JONG, Standdaarbuiten
• Adele Schmid, Edelkirchen, Halver, Duitsland († 1869)
• Aaltje Koeman, Jisp
• Adriana Maria de Kock, Kruiningen
• Anna K "Annie" Schmedeke *****, Beecher, Will, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1939)
• Adriana Versteeg, Laagnieuwkoop, Utrecht, Niederlande († 1961)
• Allegonda Althuizen, Boekel († 1941)
• Alfred Seward Chambers († 1870)
• Aimée Louisa FLAMENT NÉE MAQUET, Créquy, 62257, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, FRANCE
• Albert Luttjeboer, vlagtwedde († 1941)

• Andrea Maria Bezooijen van (68), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andrea Maria van Bezooijen (69), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Aaltje Vermeer (1), Opheusden
• Aaltje VERMEER (1), Opheusden
• Aaltje Bos (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Fabry (54), Hasselt
• Akke Kappenburg (37), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Ottens (80), Peize, Eelde
• Andries van der Stek (37), Nieuwer Amstel
• Andrea (Andrica, Anna, Johanna) Maria van Bezooije (van Bezoijen, van Besooijen) (68), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1851 » Samuel W. McCall, American journalist and politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts († 1923)
• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)
• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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.
• April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
• July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• 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.
• November 4 » Camagüey, Cuba, revolts against Spain during the Ten Years' War.
• 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.

The temperature on February 28, 1868 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.