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• Andries Siebenga, Bovenknijpe, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1947)
• Antje van der Zwaag, Zuidhorn (Zuidwolde) (Groningen) († 1941)
• Adriana Rombout, Strijen
• Adriaantje Rijsdijk, Charlois, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Aarts, Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1943)
• Antje van Engen, Steenwijkerwold († 1909)
• Arie Anthonij Schrevelius, Maassluis, Nederland († 1867)
• Arie Anthonij Schrevelius, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Adolph Getz
• Maria Feijtel († 1896)

• Andrew Malachi Murff (42), Laurens, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Willems Glas (46), zijpe, Nederland
• Amélie Marie de La Croix (33), Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
• Adriaan Fase (58), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adelheit Edel Benjamin (71), Oestereiden, Soest, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Aaltje Roelofs Siemes (58), Fluitenberg (Ruinen) 16a
• Aart Verrips (64), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Bartolomeus (67), Rotterdam 2051
• Ana Maria Krones (49), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Adriaantje Stellenaar (2), Delfshaven

• 1855 » Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright († 1934)
• 1861 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta († 1940)
• 1863 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor († 1938)
• 1868 » Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic († 1956)
• 1870 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge († 1938)
• 1870 » Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa († 1950)
• 1874 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine († 1878)
• 1875 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1961)
• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)

• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)

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 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• 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).
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
• 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 May 24, 1866 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.