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• Anna Maria Sluijts, Westmalle (B)
• Annie vande ZANDE († 1947)
• Alida Cornelia van Utrecht, Zevenbergen († 1866)
• Aaltje Sipkes, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1932)
• Anna Houtman, Schiedam († 1929)
• Anna Dimphijna Appels, Goirle († 1953)
• Adriana Helena van den Heuvel, Delft († 1890)
• Alexandria GROLLÉ, Dordrecht
• Alexandrina Grollé, Dordrecht († 1956)
• Vlietstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1898)

• Anna Cornelia MEUWISSEN (62), Nieuwstadt,Gemeente Echt-Susteren,LIMBURG,NEDERLAND
• Anna Wilhelmina HOMAN (41), Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius SMETS, Leefdaal (Bertem), Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Anna Maria (Stockhütter) Stock (75), De Maten, Emmen
• Arendje van Oeveren (0), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jochems van der SLUIS (81), Weststellingwerf
• Bouke Pieters Kol (92), Thesinge
• Bouwke Pieters Kol (83), Thesinge, Nederland
• Andries Hubert HOLTEN (4), Blerick, 5921, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna BOEIJINK (73), Winterswijk, 7100, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1848 » E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist († 1909)
• 1857 » A. P. Lucas, English cricketer († 1923)
• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

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.
• January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• 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.

The temperature on February 20, 1866 was about 5.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.