About the day » Saturday August 17, 1867Calender converter

• Alfred Vincent MESSANA, Wellington, New Zealand († 1953)
• Amália Maria Deschamps, Belchior, Gaspar, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1868)
• Antonia Henrica Johanna van Hulst, 's Hertogenbosch († 1932)
• Abraham Jacob Olree, Zierikzee († 1932)
• Catharina Cornelia Dronkers, Kattendijke
• van der Putten, Heemstede, Gemeente Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Cornelia Schaeps, Oorderen
• Alida Christina van Weelden, Rotterdam († 1870)
• Anna Geertrui Breek, Norg (Noordenveld), Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Geldhof, Zierikzee († 1939)

• Dirk Pieters Drayer (0), Joure
• van Rijsbergen (73), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Steeneveld (0), Zoetermeer,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Coenradus Haagen (46), Delft
• Anna Gerards Brands (80), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Cornelis "Cees" van der Niet (54), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hubertina Simons (0), Cadier en Keer, Margraten
• Alida Beck (46), Den Haag
• Anna Catharina (Zegers) Zeegers (80), Meerlo
• Aaltje Kuipers (0), Scharmer, Slochteren,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)
• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1887 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line († 1940)

• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
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.
• January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
• April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
• June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
• 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.
• September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
• November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.

The temperature on August 17, 1867 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.