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• Anna Katharina Baks, Exloërveen, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham van ZUIDEN, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Elisabeth barones van Isselmuden, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Engelen, Chaam († 1868)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Bürsken, Rütenbrock († 1908)
• Aleida Johanna Niemeijer, Ootmarsum († 1922)
• Anna Jacobs, Maastricht, Nederland († 1943)
• Adriana van Tilburg, Oss
• Albertus van HEEL, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Adrianus (Arie) VERSLUIJS, Warmond (NL/ZH) († 1949)

• Arent Mannes Luppes (58), Woldendorp (NL)
• Anne Marie Elisabeth Frijns (Frings) (73), Brunssum
• Anna Margaretha Bekker (Bakker) (69), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Annigje van der PUT (1)
• Adriaantje Maria van Pelt (22), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Antoine Joseph SCHERRER (15), Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Valk van der (72), Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius de Graauw (1), Rossum
• Anna van der VALK Pdr (73), Den Bommel, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Anne Joukes de Haan (59), Horsten, Onstwedde

• 1859 » Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)
• 1871 » Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua († 1966)
• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)
• 1872 » Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter († 1960)
• 1872 » Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal († 1918)
• 1874 » Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter († 1959)
• 1874 » Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator († 1970)
• 1875 » Dave Hall, American runner († 1972)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

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.
• February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.

The temperature on May 1, 1867 was about 11.6 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.