About the day » Friday August 2, 1867Calender converter

• Aaltje van Dongen, Sprang
• Akke Ages Postma, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Adam Willemsen, Arnhem (Gld/NL) († 1915)
• Alphonsus Maria van den Donk, Bergen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1869)
• Aaltje Sleurink, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Dorothea ROGGE, Davenport,Scott,Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1934)
• Adriana Hendriks Kokken, Ho+Lage Zwaluwe
• Aaltjen Kappers, Haaksbergen († 1936)
• Alphons Constant Bresseleers, Loenhout († 1931)
• Alberta Bosman, Deventer († 1868)

• Andries de Vries (16), Roden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annegien du Bois (53), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Bergwerf (1), Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Annaatje van Zuijlen (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Heinrich Kramer (1), Rieste, Osnabruck, Duitsland
• Bernardus Menting (9), Wehl (Doetinchem)
• Bernardus Oude Geerdink (4), Hengelo
• Cornelis Beers (47)
• Andries Schell (40), Op zee, ten oosten van Greenwich
• Cornelis Lourensz van der Oord (45), Grootebroek, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1861 » Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1865 » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist († 1955)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)

• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)

• 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 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
• June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
• 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.
• September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
• November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

The temperature on August 2, 1867 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.