About the day » Saturday February 2, 1867Calender converter

• Age Jurjens Haringsma, Oudemirdum, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Schelling
• Andrew Watson, Camlachie, Lambton, Ontario, Canada († 1929)
• Aleida Margaretha Rouwenhorst, Harderwijk († 1869)
• Aaltje Wiegman, Midwolda († 1911)
• Adolphe Amand Vandenbussche, Werken
• Adrianus Nortier, Rotterdam († 1947)
• Anna van Ingen, Lith († 1919)
• Anna Maria Seuren, Broekhuizen
• Alina MIHL, Baflo, Groningen, Nederland

• Antje van Schie (46), Haarlem
• Anna Vonk (74), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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• Ariaantje Stout (86), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel
• Alijda Schimmel (93), Zwartebroek zie Gelderland-Barneveld-Zwartebroek
• Adriana Petronella van de Pavoordt (0), Gouda
• Adrianus PLUKHOOIJ (0), 's-Gravendeel
• Alijda (Aaltje) Gijsberts Schimmel, Zwartebroek (Barneveld), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Meijer (29), Rotterdam
• Antonius GOMMEREN (69), Etten-Leur,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1857 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher († 1918)
• 1860 » Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1915)
• 1861 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum († 1949)
• 1862 » Émile Coste, French fencer († 1927)
• 1862 » Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder († 1912)
• 1866 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic († 1927)
• 1873 » Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1956)
• 1873 » Leo Fall, Austrian composer († 1925)
• 1875 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer († 1962)
• 1877 » Frank L. Packard, Canadian author († 1942)

• 1831 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)

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.
• March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
• April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
• 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.
• October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
• 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 February 2, 1867 was about 9.4 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.