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• Aaltje Brouwer, Hilversum
• Abraham Marinus, Noordwolde(FR) († 1936)
• Alexander Hendrik Bolk, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Albert Willem van Rinsum, Schoorl († 1934)
• Alida Stuiver, Vledder, Drente, Nederland († 1892)
• Adriana Duijndam, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Adriaantje Damsteeg, Noordeloos († 1868)
• Albertus van Maanen, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland († 1939)
• Agnes Elisabeth von HOLTZ, Bremen, Duitsland († 1869)
• Abraham Egberts Marinus, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland

• Barbara Petronilla Snoek (59), Sas van Gent, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Jans BIJLEVELD (87), Zoutkamp, Ulrum, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland
• Abeltje Taekes Hoekema (2), Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• ANNA ELISABETH VAN DE VEN (64), Antwerpen
• Anthonie Haartsen (66), Groede
• Abraham Johannes van den Berg (2), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Aldert de Jong (56), 's-Gravenhage
• adonis jean baptiste TONON (0), Wasmuël (Belgium) Hainaut
• Anna Cornelia Backx (73), Wouw
• Anna Gesina Korte (0), Wippingen, Emsland

• 1847 » Frits Thaulow, Norwegian painter († 1906)
• 1854 » Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet († 1891)
• 1858 » John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade († 1943)
• 1859 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher († 1952)
• 1864 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico († 1951)
• 1874 » Charles Ives, American composer († 1954)
• 1882 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Margaret Dumont, American actress († 1965)
• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)

• 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 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
• 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.
• April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
• May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• 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 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

The temperature on October 20, 1867 was about 12.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.