About the day » Friday November 2, 1866Calender converter

• Aaltje van Ruiten, Menaldumadeel († 1938)
• Aleida Willemina Jelten, Stad Doetinchem († 1950)
• Antonius Gaalman, Hengelo († 1952)
• Anna Maria Jaegers, Kerkrade, Niederlande
• ARIE VAN HOEK, AMSTERDAM († 1959)
• Arie Van Der Starre, Moordrecht († 1876)
• Annie Lee Pemberton, Siskiyou Co., CA († 1908)
• Anna Maria Regneri, Ensch, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1868)
• Anna Maria Jaegers, Kerkrade, Niederlande
• Arie van Hoek, Amsterdam († 1959)

• Adriana Maarleveld (31), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana oudshoorn (46), Bodegraven
• Annetha Wilhelmina Koelewijn (56), Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaantje Sandersd KOPPENAAL (56), Herkingen
• Annette Wilhelmina Koelewijn (56)
• Albert Jansz. Agteres (72), De Wijk
• Aaltje Smirren, Vollenhove
• Alida Frasa (28), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Librecht LeSwijn (65), Leiden
• Adriaantje KOPPENAAL Sdr (56), Herkingen, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH

• 1847 » Georges Sorel, French philosopher and author († 1922)
• 1855 » Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic († 1947)
• 1865 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States († 1923)
• 1877 » Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam († 1957)
• 1877 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary († 1933)
• 1877 » Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer († 1915)
• 1878 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna († 1930)
• 1879 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist († 1965)
• 1883 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal († 1947)
• 1885 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic († 1972)

• 1834 » Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
• 1846 » Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Arie
13. Adrianus
14. Hendrikus
15. Klaas
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Grietje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Antje
14. Neeltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• July 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
• September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
• October 19 » In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.

The temperature on November 2, 1866 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.