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• Anna Elisabeth Goudriaan, Haarlemmermeer († 1948)
• Adriana Cornelia Philippa des Tombe, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Anna Helena Menzen-, Wesuwe, Duitsland († 1945)
• Drenth, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) († 1867)
• MAASWINKEL, Utrecht, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1867)
• Abraham Gerrit Hendrik Grutterink, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 1896)
• Anna Maria Verherstraeten, Geel, België
• Adrienne Cornelie Philippine des Tombe, Amersfoort († 1955)
• Adriana Ton, Ophemert († 1936)
• Annigje Kars, Leerdam, Nederland († 1925)

• Anna Cornelia Maria WIJTENBURG (0), Leiden
• Adriaantje Groeneveld (84), Kerkwijk,5315,Zaltbommel,Gelderland,Nederland
• Arend Jan Lodeweges (63), Markelo
• Aagje de Vroome (56), Puttershoek
• Adrianus Lagas (45), Harderwijk
• Arij van Klij (36), Peursum, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afke Sytses Nijland (38)
• Aagje de Vroomen (56), Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Veenstra, Beetsterzwaag
• Drenth (0), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)

• 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)

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 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
• May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
• July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
• October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
• December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
• December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

The temperature on March 2, 1867 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.