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• Anna Margaretha Janknegt, Walchum
• Adam Hendrik Neijenhuizen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Alexander Groen, Aartswoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Anna Wilhelmina Dut, Didam († 1869)
• Anna Kornelia Boogaart, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1888)
• Annechien Hensens, Westerlee, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna Wilhelmina Dut, Didam († 1869)
• Adrianus van Biemen, Vlissingen († 1952)
• Anna Hazevoet, Leiden († 1935)
• Aart Marinus Adrianus Okhuizen, Abcoude-Baambrugge († 1867)

• Anna Maria Greefkens (48), Uden
• Carl Reith (0), Uffhausen, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Sibum, Haren
• Bernardus van Zeben (50), Deventer
• Agatha Abrahamina des Amorie van der Hoeven (35), Leiden
• Anna Petronella SISTERMANS (45), Monnickendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baartje Den Baars (1), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Leenderse Kwant (74), Haamstede
• Andries Heman (53), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna van der Hoeven (86), Den Haag

• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)
• 1863 » Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer († 1935)
• 1869 » Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1875 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist († 1899)
• 1878 » Hans Carossa, German author and poet († 1956)

• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)

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 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
• 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.
• May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.

The temperature on December 15, 1867 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.