About the day » Thursday January 17, 1867Calender converter

• Amos James Dunning, Chelsea, Middlesex, London, England († 1919)
• Aaltien Bosma, Smilde († 1945)
• Ada Mary Dudmesh, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England († 1963)
• Aafke van der Laan, Stedum (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1928)
• Aaltje Allie Rozeboom, Doornspijk (Aperloo), Gelderland, Nederland († 1896)
• Andries Relk, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Catharina Slangen, bunde
• Andries van Bruggen, Ameide († 1868)
• Anna Catharina Slangen, Bunde
• Adrianus Walraven, Wanroy († 1867)

• Age Abes Hofstra (65), Winsum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Jonge (6), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Rebecca Shank (71), Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
• Anna Maria VERHAEGEN (78), Sint Pieters Rode Vl.Brabant
• Anje Groendijk (0), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Angela Rosalia Debruyne (67), Klerken (België)
• Anna Reiff Schenk\Shank (71)
• Alpheus A Curtis (22), Herrick, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States
• Alea Gonda (Aijelt Derks Brouwer) Sibon (61), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Franssen (58), Meerssen

• 1858 » Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author († 1940)
• 1860 » Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland († 1949)
• 1863 » David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1945)
• 1863 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director († 1938)
• 1865 » Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand († 1951)
• 1867 » Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios († 1939)
• 1867 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player († 1934)
• 1871 » David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral († 1936)
• 1871 » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania († 1940)
• 1875 » Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan journalist and playwright († 1910)

• 1834 » Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
• 1861 » Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)
• 1863 » Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
• 1869 » Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)

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 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
• 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.
• October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
• 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).
• November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

The temperature on January 17, 1867 was about -1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.