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• Abraham van de Ree, Numansdorp († 1934)
• Anna Angela Schulte, Altharen, Haren (Ems)
• "Johannes" Hubertus Xaverius Blome, Wien, Autriche
• Aaltjen Volkers, Zutphen
• Aaltje Kuiper, Sappemeer († 1912)
• Alida Adriana Metscher, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• A. Louisa Walter, Pocopson, Chester County, Pennsylvania
• Abraham van der Ree, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1934)
• Abraham Koenradus, Frederiksoord
• Adriana van Breugel, Boxtel, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Gertruda Alers (0), Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems)
• Anne Jochums Epema (88), Warga, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Blonk (55), Noord-Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Gerritsz de Ruiter (0), Hilversum
• Aaltje HOMAN (32), Ekehaar (Rolde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie KNOOP (0), Culemborg
• Adriaan de Visser (31)
• Albert HARTOG (31), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bakker (73)
• arentje HOOGENBOOM (1), nieuwenhoorn

• 1850 » César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris († 1918)
• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)

• 1821 » John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Klaas

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
• March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
• May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
• August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.

The temperature on February 23, 1867 was about 8.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.