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• Adriana van Puijfelik, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1900)
• Aleida Schrooten, Wierden († 1945)
• Anna Barbara Omlo, Assen, Nederland († 1959)
• "Mary Elisabeth" Thomas Ewing, Halifax,, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1902)
• Adrianus De JONG, Standdaarbuiten
• Adele Schmid, Edelkirchen, Halver, Duitsland († 1869)
• Albertus Pelgrim, Angerlo (Zevenaar) († 1869)
• Albertje Vierhoven, Eemster, Dwingeloo († 1950)
• Aimée Louisa FLAMENT NÉE MAQUET, Créquy, 62257, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, FRANCE
• Anna Catharine Ilsabein Niermann († 1925)

• Aaltje Vermeer (1), Opheusden
• Ahazuerus VAN BEEST (53), Leerbroek
• Adriana Van Wijck (10), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arend (Jans) Ottens (80), Peize
• van Bedaf (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Jans Ottens (80), Peize (gem. Eelde)
• Annetje Visser (3), Monnickendam(NH)
• Anna Gertrudis Keijdenaers (89), Meerssen
• Adriana van Bragt (Brecht) (42), Haarlem
• Anna Maria Voeten (7), Rijsbergen

• 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.
• January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• April 10 » At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• July 9 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.
• September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• 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.

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%.