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• Anna Elisabeth Schiffer, Vaals
• Anna Maria Scheijen, Voerendaal († 1939)
• Alida Maria Berben, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1867)
• Angelina Kemp, Lower Portland, New South Wales, Australia († 1956)
• Adrianus Stumphius, Beverwijk, Gemeente Beverwijk, North Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Hendrik Otten, Stad Hardenberg († 1951)
• Pijnenburg, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vos, Zwolle, Ov, Nederland († 1925)
• * Nanne Abraham Hoogteijling, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1959)
• Anna Elisabeth Wickert, Wahlershausen (Pruissen) († 1914)

• Antony Adriaan LAANE (47), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• in 't Holt (0), Siddeburen gem. Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• BENEDICTUS VAN DEN BRANDEN (41), GREMBERGEN,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Stoffels (0)
• Adriana Maria van den Corput (27), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries van den Bogert (40), Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Hendrik Berendsen (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthony Adriaan Laane (47), Steenbergen,Gemeente Steenbergen,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Atje Baukus Veldman (3), Akkrum (Utingeradeel), Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Boer (23), Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1851 » Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France († 1923)
• 1854 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group († 1920)
• 1854 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1855 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician († 1926)
• 1855 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist and climatologist († 1913)
• 1857 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator († 1944)
• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
• August 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
• 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 5, 1866 was about 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.