About the day » Thursday May 9, 1867Calender converter
May 8, 1867Died on Thursday May 9, 1867
- Aaltje Huiskes (42), Terwolde (gem. Voorst)
- Britta Jonsdotter (71), Fiskebäckskil (O)
- Cornelia Maria van der Meer (2), Pijnacker
- Cornelia Wilhelmina Arkesteijn (0), Hof van Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Anna IN HET VEHN (30), Materborn, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- Adriana Smits (1), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
- Antje Wilkens (0), Stedum
- Barend STEFFENS (70), Amsterdam
- Antonius Wilhelmus Snelting (0), Megchelen (Oude IJsselstreek)
- Aaltjen Huiskes (42), Terwolde (Voorst)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 9, 1867 at Delpher
- Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage
- De Noord-Brabanter : staat- en letterkundig dagblad
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche courant : staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Middelburgsche courant
- Bredasche courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant
- Nederlandsche staatscourant
- Rotterdamsche courant
Born on May 9
- 1850 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist († 1936)
- 1855 » Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer († 1932)
- 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
- 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
- 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
- 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
- 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
- 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
- 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)
- 1883 » José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic († 1955)
Died on May 9
- 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
- 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
- 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
- 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
- 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
- 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
- 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
- 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
- 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
- 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
Names that were popular for boys in 1867
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Franciscus
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Dirk
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1867
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Elizabeth
- Marie
- Grietje
- Helena
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1867
- 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 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
- 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.
- May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
- October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
- December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
The weather on Thursday May 9, 1867
The temperature on May 9, 1867 was about 22.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI