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• Adrianus de Jong, Dongen († 1953)
• , Oldebroek, Nederland († 1867)
• Abraham van der Sluis, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Andries Michiel de Ruiter, Noord-Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1867)
• Adriana BOGERT, Dordrecht
• Adrianus Hendricus van der Kruk, Schiedam († 1867)
• Aart Verkaik, Wilnis († 1936)
• Aart Verkaik, Wilnis († 1936)
• Adriana Verbrugh, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Theodora Buitendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aleida (Daatje) (Willem Hermannes) Beekhuis (64), Achlum
• Aafke Sijtzes van Dijk (66), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaantje Janse (61), Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Weerheijm (58), Overschie
• Anna Christina Lahaye, Lahaije (4), Amby, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adam HAY (71), Cannes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France
• Aaron Drielsma (33), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Weerheim (58), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Cristina Lahaije Lahaye (4), Amby Maastricht
• Adriana Philippusd Weerheim (58), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1853 » Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker († 1900)
• 1854 » Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell († 1934)
• 1856 » Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist († 1931)
• 1867 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1916)
• 1868 » Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)

• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)

• 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.
• 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.
• March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
• June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
• November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

The temperature on January 18, 1867 was about -1.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.