About the day » Tuesday February 26, 1867Calender converter

• Adriaan Opheij, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriaan Opheij, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriaan Kwist, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Eck, Middelharnis, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1946)
• Aaltje Annes de Vries, Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1885)
• Adélard Martin, St-Polycarpe, Qc († 1931)
• Andries Freerks DE VRIES, Doezum (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands († 1951)
• Andries de Vries, Kornhorn († 1951)
• * Adriaantje Boogert, Leerbroek († 1936)
• Adriana Zuidhof, Ovezande

• Antje Tuiten (0), Opsterland
• Carolina Krietemeijer (31), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angélique Mius (84), Saint Martin aux Buneaux (F)
• Catharina van der Manden, Maarsseveen
• Cornelia Maria van Leeuwen (3), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Mechtildis Laukens (71)
• Charles Dejoie (26), Parnac, 36150, Indre, Centre, Val-de-Loire, France
• Coba Andriesd Van Den AKKER (64), Oud-Beijerland
• Annechien Nienhuis (1), Zandeweer, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina van der Manden, Maarsseveen

• 1852 » John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes († 1943)
• 1857 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist († 1926)
• 1861 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria († 1948)
• 1861 » Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company († 1930)
• 1877 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1877 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator († 1968)
• 1879 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer († 1941)
• 1880 » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer († 1972)
• 1881 » Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet († 1948)

• 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)

• 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 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
• 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).
• July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
• September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
• 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).

The temperature on February 26, 1867 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.