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• Alexander Van den Broeck, Heist-op-den-Berg, België († 1897)
• Anna Hilbartha Hoeks, Smilde († 1906)
• Aalt van der Pol, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1897)
• Anna Clara van den Bosch, Tiel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Adriaan Dam, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1867)
• Adriana Margaretha Punt, Gorinchem († 1941)
• Bot, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1867)
• Alexis Joseph Leruth, Comblain-au-Pont,Liège,Belgique
• Antonius Brouwer, Hilversum († 1867)
• Adriaan Dingeman Dol, Haarlemmermeer

• Arnoldum Knokken (78), Green Bay, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van den Elshout (44), Oosterhout
• Aart Ruitenberg (1), Goedereede
• Abraham ten Haken (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Josephine VAN LOO (56), Bredene, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriana Kuijstermans (43), Hoeven (NL)
• Catharina Peperkamp (0), 's Hertogenbosch
• Adriana van der Horst (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Josephina VANLOO (56), Bredene
• Cornelia Graat (75), Vierlingsbeek, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1839 » Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive († 1916)
• 1853 » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic († 1920)
• 1868 » Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright († 1944)
• 1870 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player († 1939)
• 1871 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)
• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)

• 1845 » Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
• 1878 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

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.
• June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
• November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.
• December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
• December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

The temperature on July 17, 1867 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.