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• Anthonius Hendricus Sloep, Amsterdam († 1868)
• Aalt van den Hul, Oldebroek, Gld. Nederland († 1953)
• Alida Müller-, Dantumawoude, Nederland († 1876)
• (w) Weyandt, Stünzel, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1867)
• Alphons Constant Bresseleers, Loenhout († 1931)
• Aart Jekel, Amersfoort
• Anna Catharina Laven, Kerkrade († 1929)
• Alphons Constant Bresseleers, Loenhout († 1931)
• Alberta Bosman, Deventer († 1868)
• Adrianus SPRONG, Leerdam († 1867)

• Antonie ter Haar (1), Zenderen, 7625, Nederland
• Adriaan Hamers (0), Valkenswaard
• Arnoldus van Kempen, Boxtel
• Aleijdis Wiggers (68), Angerlo
• Charles-Louis OTTEVAERE
• Cornelia Bergwerf (1), Vlaardingen
• Bernardus Oude Geerdink (4), Hengelo-Oele
• Cornelis van der Oord (45), Oudkarspel (gem. Langedijk, NH)
• Albert Antoni Stegeman (0), Eefde
• Bernardus Menting (9), Wehl (Doetinchem)

• 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)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
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.
• January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
• 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 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 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.

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%.