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• Anna Helena Menzen-, Wesuwe, Duitsland († 1945)
• Anna Helena Mensen, Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1945)
• Adrianus Gerardus Janka, Noorwo († 1941)
• Anna Helena Menzen, Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1945)
• Adrienne Cornelie Philippine des Tombe, Amersfoort († 1955)
• Adriaan Nederlof, Sliedrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Andries Smit, Wijckel († 1956)
• Annigje Kars, Leerdam, Nederland († 1925)
• Adriana Cornelia Philippa des Tombe, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Abraham Gerrit Hendrik Grutterink, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 1896)

• Adriana van Oosten (66), Rotterdam
• Anna Cornelia Maria WIJTENBURG (0), Leiden
• Aagje de Vroome (56), Puttershoek
• Afke Sytses (Aafke) Nijland (38), Hijlaard, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Afke Sytzes Nijland (38)
• Aartje Stam (24), Nw-Lekkerland
• Adrianus Lagas (45), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• MAASWINKEL (0), Utrecht, Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Veenstra, Beetsterzwaag
• Anna Christina De Bodt (49), Aspelaere

• 1842 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer, art collector, and philanthropist († 1914)
• 1846 » Marie Roze, French soprano († 1926)
• 1849 » Robert Means Thompson, American commander, lawyer, and businessman († 1930)
• 1859 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright († 1916)
• 1860 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician († 1961)
• 1862 » John Jay Chapman, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1933)
• 1876 » Pope Pius XII († 1958)
• 1878 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor and race car driver († 1944)
• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)

• 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)

• 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 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
• March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
• May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• 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.
• November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
• November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.

The temperature on March 2, 1867 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.