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• Adriaantje van Suijlekom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Aaltje Eiberts van der Mei, Oosterlittens († 1933)
• Aagje WALTMAN, Dordrecht († 1867)
• Adrianus Klinge, Vlaardingen († 1949)
• Alexander Pieter van den Berge, Heinkenszand († 1881)
• Aaltje van der Weerd, Kampen († 1939)
• Adriaantje van Suijekom, Rotterdam († 1935)
• Adrianus Huijbregts, Teteringen
• van Wijck, Terneuzen
• Agnes Maria Geerardina van der Lugt, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)

• Apolonia Bernadina Cammaert (76), Schoondijke
• Apollónia Tóth (40), Szegvár, Magyarország
• Aaltje Klaas PRONK (70), Oudendijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Vaan (75), Vlijmen
• Adriana Dieleman (70), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• * Petrus (Peter) Bekkers (51), Boxtel
• anna barbara terkatz (40), helden
• Aaltje Jans Moes (79), Ruinerwold (Dijkhuizen)
• Adriana I(e)rsel, van (71), Udenhout
• Amy BRADFIELD (79), Knox Co., OH

• 1850 » Kate Chopin, American author († 1904)
• 1860 » Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist († 1937)
• 1866 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1876 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter († 1907)
• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

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.
• March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
• May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
• 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.
• October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
• November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

The temperature on February 8, 1867 was about 9.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 43 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.