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• Albertus Hoksberg, Nunspeet († 1955)
• Amelia Luyten, Molenstede, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1873)
• Aleida Geertruida van Duijnen, Kampen († 1898)
• Alida Maria Haan, den, Rijnsburg gem. Katwijk Zhl. Nederland
• Wisselink, Heelweg (Wisch) († 1867)
• Adrianus Antonius van Seeters, Delfshaven († 1953)
• Hiltje Visser, Sneek
• Dekker, Gouda († 1867)
• Albertus Hoksberg, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Blom, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Albert van Buuren (16), Lutten
• Anna Cornelia Wakkers (54), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna (Antje) Groeneveld (73), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje~Pieters Pietersma (81), Teridzert
• Anna Gertruijda Meijer (74), Baak, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Grietje Zytzes Wiersma (76), sneek
• Anna Catharina De Kleyn (40), Kontch
• Aletta Martina Kuijs (82), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• van Ginkel (0), Veenendaal
• Anna Maria van Hulst (42), Hapert

• 1856 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general († 1942)
• 1860 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1865 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1867 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter († 1950)
• 1869 » Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator († 1936)
• 1869 » Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic († 1918)
• 1878 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer († 1949)
• 1879 » Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1964)
• 1879 » William Stickney, American golfer († 1944)

• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
• 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).
• November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

The temperature on May 25, 1867 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 39%.