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• Anna Cornelia Peer van, Rucphen († 1942)
• Andreas Gerardus Doorenbosch, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1955)
• Albertus Bernardus Veldhuis, Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Korff, Den Helder († 1867)
• Anna Pothoven, Apeldoorn († 1944)
• Andries Jebbink, Zelhem
• Andreas Gerhardus Doorenbosch, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Raas († 1929)
• Aaltje Haeser, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Duijnhouwer, Scherpenisse

• Arentje Reinders Glas (67), Zuidbroek
• Antje TEERHUIS (59), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Ernst Ferdinand Strempel (69), Riverton, South Australia
• (Anna) Catharina Schiks (22), Mill, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hendriks (42), Luiksgestel
• ANTJE KLAASD TEERHUIS (59), Marken, Nederland
• Asse Belt (20), De Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Joghems (47), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Asse Willems Belt (20), De Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland
• Aagtje Zand (0), Zandeweer gem Kantensj, Groningen, Nederland

• 1848 » Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1854 » Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman († 1902)
• 1861 » Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany († 1922)
• 1862 » Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet († 1922)
• 1864 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1941)
• 1864 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter († 1929)
• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

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 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
• June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
• September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
• 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 17, 1867 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.