About the day » Wednesday March 18, 1868Calender converter

• Adolf Weijer, Piershil
• Anna Schwalbach, Duitsland († 1959)
• Adriana Johanna Maltha, Schiedam
• Spitters, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1868)
• ... Robles de Medina, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Antje Miljon, Amsterdam († 1941)
• Adriana Rijstenbil, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 1899)
• Aafke Jelles van der Schel, Arum († 1942)
• Aafke Jelles van der Schel, Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adèle Hubin, Opvelp

• Anna Helena Albers (1), Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Ary van Leeuwen (76), Heenvliet
• Aartje KLAVER (36), Delft
• Anna Elisabeth Van der Auwermeulen (63), Wijk A nr 331, Berlaar
• Adriana Teunisd Van Der ZEE (80), Zwartewaal
• Aaltje de vries (36), Aalsmeer, Noord Holland, Nederland
• ARIE STORM VAN LEEUWEN (76), HEENVLIET
• Anne Joostes van Vondel (71), Appelscha
• Aart Willemszn de Vos (90), Voorhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Rolfes (0), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1858 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine († 1913)
• 1862 » Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter († 1915)
• 1863 » William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York († 1941)
• 1869 » Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1940)
• 1870 » Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician († 1917)
• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)

• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)

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 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
• June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
• September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

The temperature on March 18, 1868 was about 7.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.