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• Anthonia Cornelia Ummels, utrecht († 1950)
• Andries Andries (Andrew) van der Wagen, Hallum, Friesland Province, The Netherlands († 1953)
• Aaltje Plieger, Vianen († 1942)
• Aaltje Broeksma, Assen († 1899)
• Alfred Edward Berry, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England († 1931)
• Andries (Andrew) Andries van der Wagen, Hallum († 1953)
• Adriaantje de Groot, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel († 1868)
• Adriaantje de Groot
• Andries Leonardus de Rooy., 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• "Josephine" Scheire, Evergem († 1966)

• Andrew Cunningham (51), SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Hubertus TROMP (28), Druten
• Aaltje Souwer (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Deege (55), Haarlem
• Anna Sophia Meijs (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Aleid Billenkamp (60)
• Arnhold Adolf Bentinck (69)
• Anne Louise Alexandrine Sophie LEFORT (76), Huchenneville,80444,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
• Albert MUIS (2), Blankenham
• Angenis Bloklander (34), 's-Gravenhage

• 1842 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist († 1914)
• 1846 » Marie Roze, French soprano († 1926)
• 1849 » Robert Means Thompson, American commander, lawyer, and businessman († 1930)
• 1859 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright († 1916)
• 1860 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician († 1961)
• 1862 » John Jay Chapman, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1933)
• 1876 » Pope Pius XII († 1958)
• 1878 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor and race car driver († 1944)
• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)

• 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)

• 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.
• March 1 » The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• 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 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.

The temperature on March 2, 1868 was about 8.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.