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• *Catharina Kil, Ossendrecht († 1869)
• Adriana de Graaf, Klundert († 1870)
• Ambroise WERNETTE, Wittelsheim, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1866)
• Alida Cornelia van Breemen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Anje STUUT, Veendam,, Groningen, Nederland († 1905)
• Annigje Scheurwater, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Alexander Theophilus Wallace, Jamaica, British West Indes († 1940)
• Anna Verwerda, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1920)
• fabriekswerker Louis Denessen, Tegelen († 1945)
• Apolonia van Drielen, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1896)

• Antje van Ooijen (0), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Anthonie Viergever (0), Kerkwerve, Nederland
• Arie Struis (56), Heenvliet
• (m) Riedesel (0), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Arend Karstens Beens (76), Genemuiden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antonie Cornelis Brouwer (0)
• Andries van Dijke (6), Brouwershaven
• Antje Buist (22), Ooststellingwerf,Friesland,Nederland
• Antonio Magaldi (54), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Annechien Bakker (82), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland

• 1860 » Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet († 1939)
• 1861 » Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter († 1944)
• 1861 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1861 » William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet († 1947)
• 1862 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright († 1921)
• 1863 » Charles Lincoln Edwards, American zoologist († 1937)
• 1864 » Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor († 1943)
• 1865 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1865 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer († 1957)
• 1865 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general († 1946)

• 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)

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.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• 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).

The temperature on December 8, 1866 was about 1.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.