About the day » Saturday December 7, 1867Calender converter

• (m) Frank, Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Akke Vellinga, Wijmbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Gijsberta Geijsendorpher, Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands († 1937)
• Aleida Hensen, (DR) Meppel
• Aafke Abels Kooistra, Wonseradeel
• Adrianus van der Meijde, Spijkenisse, Nederland
• Adriana Martina Knip, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1904)
• Adrianus van Splunter, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adam Ferdinand Mergler († 1940)
• Akke Huistra, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands († 1952)

• Andries Pyters Miedema (66), Stiens
• Christiaan August Scheller (57), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Pietersz Miedema (66), Stiens, fr.nld
• Anna Christina Koswee (2), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aleijda Verplak (1), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alonzo Lydeous Clark Sr (28)
• Charles Malego (68), Ledeberg (Gent), Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Christina den Breems (0), Vlaardingen
• Baby VAN STENIS (0)
• Bernard Rier (19), Billerbeck, Coesfeld, NRW, Deutschland

• 1860 » Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia († 1947)
• 1861 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I († 1931)
• 1862 » Paul Adam, French author († 1920)
• 1863 » Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1952)
• 1863 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1863 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears († 1914)
• 1869 » Frank Laver, Australian cricketer († 1919)
• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)

• 1837 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814)
• 1842 » Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)

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 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).
• September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
• 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 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
• December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

The temperature on December 7, 1867 was about 1.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.