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• Alida Wilhelmina Bouwhuizen, Wartena, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Alida Duyndam, Monster
• Arthur Carolus Ludovicus Houtsaeger, Ramskapelle, Nieuwpoort, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Annigje Klaren, Tjalleberd, Friesland, Nederland
• Annigje Jans Klaren, AEngwirden
• Adrianus Antonius Bezemer, Vught, NB, Nederland
• Alida Helena Theresia Wurth, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Adriaantje de Groot, Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Aijolt Ekkes, Koog aan de Zaan (NL) († 1938)
• Arigje Verschoor, Lexmond (Zederik) († 1898)

• Anna Cornelia Marcus (83), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Adrianus Stekelenburg (1), Zuilen
• Antonius Michel Niebor (Naubauer) (55), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Michiels, Lubbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
• Adriana Bosch (0), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Theodorus Daams (0), Herwen en Aerdt, Nederland
• Adriaan Iersel van (64), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolina Wagemans (35), Sint-Niklaas
• Anna Gerdina Antonet Biemans (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecilia Johanna Vriemoet Drabbe (55), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1852 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic († 1919)
• 1852 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish († 1921)
• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

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.
• May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
• June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• 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 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
• December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
• December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

The temperature on May 31, 1867 was about 21.8 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.