About the day » Friday September 20, 1867Calender converter

• Adriana Peeters, Gilze en Rijen († 1953)
• Aaltje Kraaijenoord, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adrianus Buijs, Herpt, Herpt en Bern, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Aaltien Dijk, Gieten Drenthe Nederland († 1928)
• Andries Gerrits, Giethoorn († 1870)
• Alphonsus Wilhelmus LUIJT, Stratum,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Alida de Waal, Emmikhoven († 1932)
• Aloisius Wilhelmus Kokxhoorn, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Kuijk, Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• van der velde, den bommel (goeree overflakkee)

• Antje (Anneke) Harmannus Bareveld (72), Meeden
• Alderina van den Bosch (51), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hendiksz Scheringa (66), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Tijs (8), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Spruijt (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hortense de Winne (0), Koewacht
• Anna Catharina Fruijtier (66), Ossenisse
• Arie Beunder (2)
• Aaltje Dijkstra (1), Coevorden
• Alderina van den Bos (51), 's Gravenzande

• 1853 » Chulalongkorn, Siamese king († 1910)
• 1861 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, 8th Librarian of Congress († 1955)
• 1872 » Maurice Gamelin, French general († 1958)
• 1873 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver († 1944)
• 1873 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1949)
• 1875 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician († 1921)
• 1876 » Carleton Ellis, American inventor and chemist († 1941)
• 1878 » Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) († 1932)
• 1878 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist († 1968)
• 1880 » Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, musicologist and critic († 1968)

• 1839 » Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1769)
• 1840 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, Consul of Paraguay (b. 1766)
• 1845 » Matvei Gedenschtrom, Russian explorer and public servant (b. 1780)
• 1852 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (b. 1775)
• 1855 » José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran priest and educator (b. 1797)
• 1863 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (b. 1785)
• 1884 » Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and author (b. 1802)
• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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 September 20, 1867 was about 16.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.