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• arend MONSTER, mijnsheerenland († 1897)
• Antonetta Linders, Venray († 1869)
• Antonette Frederike Börger, Sappemeer,, Groningen, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Maria van Melsen, Arnhem
• Arien SLIJBOOM, Barsingerhorn
• Arie Weel, Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Albert de Man, Amsterdam († 1944)
• Antje Boon, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland († 1866)
• Adriana van der Stelt, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 1943)
• Anna Bakker, Uithuizermeeden, province of Groningen († 1931)

• Anne Catharina Crommelin (30), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Pieters Breeuwer (63), Westzaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der ELST (1), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Hoek (68), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Martina Adriana van der Beek (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Nijs (71), Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Aart Schiebaan (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Christina van Rijn (22), Utrecht
• Anna Derks (21), Midelaar gem Mook
• Anne Catharina Crommelin (30), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)
• 1883 » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist († 1946)
• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)

• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)

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.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
• September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
• 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 26, 1866 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.