About the day » Thursday August 29, 1867Calender converter

• Alida Johanna Saris, Rotterdam († 1931)
• Albertus Koorn, Hippolytushoef, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Adolf Fluks, Leiden († 1938)
• Anna Lucia Joseph MALBEZIN, Pérenchies, 59457, Nord, Nord, France
• Albert Steenwijk, Oldenzijl, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriaan Jan Klink, Oosterland († 1933)
• Albert Van Haastert, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Maria Cornelia Wagemakers, Gilze en Rijen († 1930)
• Aagje van der Sar, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1917)
• Anna Jabaai, Mahaska County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1941)

• Annigje van der Neut (74), Bodegraven
• Smand (0), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaantje Vijverberg (32), Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Arend Zaals (56), Braamt, Nederland
• Anthonetta Adriana van Herk, Reusel
• Annigje van der Neut (74), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Van WILLIGEN (2), Strijen
• Ann Maria Stevens (60), Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Aart van der A. Maas (72), Wissenkerke, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• de Leeuw (0), Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1857 » Sandford Schultz, English cricketer († 1937)
• 1861 » Byron G. Harlan, American singer († 1936)
• 1862 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia († 1928)
• 1862 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)
• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

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 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
• 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.
• June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
• 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 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.

The temperature on August 29, 1867 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.