About the day » Wednesday August 28, 1867Calender converter

• Moot, Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Christina Frenken, Aalten († 1934)
• Anna Maria Harden, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Alfred James Hughes, Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia († 1932)
• Aganetha Friesen Buhr, Schoenfeld, Bergthal, Ukraine († 1932)
• Anna Barendina Lek, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Agatha Maria Droog, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Aaltje Reining, Appingedam († 1953)
• Abraham Israël, Ophemert († 1931)
• Bor, naarden († 1867)

• Albertus van Eijk (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bor (0), naarden
• Burgijna Jansd van Gelder (94), Oud-Beijerland
• Anne Joseph RENARD (83), Mont-Saint-André, 25067, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Arnoldus BAK (35), Delft
• Constantin Ghica (63), Bucarest
• Arrisje Rijnders (39), Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dubbelink (0), Woolde, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Willemina de Heij (3), Rijswijk
• Anna van Stokkum (34), Rotterdam

• 1853 » Vladimir Shukhov, Russian architect and engineer, designed the Adziogol Lighthouse († 1939)
• 1859 » Matilda Howell, American archer († 1938)
• 1859 » Vittorio Sella, Italian mountaineer and photographer († 1943)
• 1867 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic († 1948)
• 1878 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1884 » Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1950)
• 1885 » Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic († 1959)
• 1887 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)

• 1805 » Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)

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.
• March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
• 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.
• April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
• 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.
• October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
• November 23 » The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.

The temperature on August 28, 1867 was about 20.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.