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• Alonzo Edwin Geese, Adams Twp., Coshocton Co., OH († 1937)
• Anna Herwig, Alblasserdam († 1872)
• Aaltje Jans Meyer, St Johannesga, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• (Jkvr) Harriet Quarles Van Ufford, Ketandan, Surakarta, Djawa-Tengah, Indonesia († 1952)
• Albertus AARTSEN, Ede (Gelderland, The Netherlands) († 1943)
• Albert Lunsford CARNAHAN, Readyville, Cannon, Tennessee († 1949)
• Adolfina Adriana Frederika Bodde, 's-Gravenhage († 1947)
• Andries Lambertus van den Berg, Leiden,2311,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1917)
• (1) Cornelia Buijs, Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1895)
• Albertine Margrethe Olsdatter, Nordland, Nordland, Norway († 1958)

• * Barbera Blokland (57), Peursum
• Aaltje de Boer (28), Avereest
• Anna Maria Schnelling (33), Emsbüren-Ahlde
• Agnes van de Hinteld (60), Aalst
• Adriana Aarts (32), IJsselmonde
• Alida Kosterman (64), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utr., NL
• Anna Maria Adriaen van de Ven (87), Tilburg
• Anna Maria van de Ven (87), Loon op Zand. Noord-Brabant. Nederland
• Alida Catharina Kosterman (63), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Anje Derks Boersema (80), Enumatil

• 1851 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record († 1929)
• 1854 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria († 1937)
• 1856 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter († 1910)
• 1860 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)

• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)

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 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
• May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• 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.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on May 20, 1866 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 39%.