About the day » Thursday May 23, 1867Calender converter

• Antonius Jans, Zichen-Zussen-Bolder, Riemst, België († 1927)
• Amélie Vanderbeken, Brussel, België († 1906)
• Alida van 't Hoofd, IJsselstein, Nederland († 1948)
• Adriana van der Avoird, Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1951)
• Adriana Poortvliet, Nieuw en Sint Joosland
• Aart Goed, Medemblik († 1937)
• Anna Van der Lof, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1874)
• Adrianus Gerardus van de Gender, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1919)
• Anna Maria Schaller, Zapfendorf († 1942)
• Angelina AMERICA, Nuth (NL)

• Dewaejhens, Hoegaarden
• Adriana Catharina Quist (61), Oud-Vossemeer
• Adriana Maria Bogaers (6), Tilburg
• Anne Boorsma (34), Dokkum
• Aldegonda van Vugt (68), loon op zand (noord brabant)
• Anna Snettelaar Snikkers (46), Rotterdam
• Alegonda van Vugt (68), Loon op Zand
• Aldegondis Gos (67), Zepperen, België
• Anna Maria Zebrechts (81), Tilburg
• Anna Cathrina Bernadina FREHMEYER (72), Mettingen, Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

• 1848 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer († 1896)
• 1855 » Isabella Ford, English author and activist († 1924)
• 1861 » József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter († 1927)
• 1863 » Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect († 1930)
• 1864 » William O'Connor, American fencer († 1939)
• 1865 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil († 1942)
• 1875 » Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist († 1966)
• 1882 » William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter († 1960)
• 1883 » Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1939)
• 1884 » Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer († 1965)

• 1815 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)

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.
• January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
• February 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
• May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
• 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 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

The temperature on May 23, 1867 was about 9.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.