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• Anna Maas, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aribert van Anhalt, Saksen-Anhalt, Duitsland († 1933)
• Antje Mulder, Wieringen
• Adriana Maria de Roij († 1933)
• Aribert Joseph Alexander VON ANHALT, Wörlitz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 1933)
• ALDEGONDIS GERTRUDA SOPHIA TACK, Antwerpen
• Anna Maas, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aribert Joseph Alexander Prins van Anhalt, Wörlitz, Saksen-Anhalt († 1933)
• Anna Sophia DE HEUS, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1932)
• Antje Koppenol, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)

• Anthonie Okkerman (44), Laag-Nieuwkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andre Joseph Buziau (67), Le Havre (F)
• Annigje van den Berg (0), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Ooms (35), Lemsterland
• Aletta Stam (70), Woerden
• Adriana Jacoba ARKESTEIJN (0), Hof van Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Boots (0), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angelina Jannes‏‎ (28), Herentals, België
• Alida van der Drift (36), Delft
• * Levenloos kind van Hoevëll (van Hövell) (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL

• 1854 » E. W. Scripps, American publisher, founded the E. W. Scripps Company († 1926)
• 1857 » Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library († 1930)
• 1858 » Andrew Forsyth, Scottish-English mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1858 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia († 1927)
• 1862 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet († 1942)
• 1863 » George Essex Evans, English-Australian poet and author († 1909)
• 1868 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary († 1957)
• 1870 » Édouard Le Roy, French mathematician and philosopher († 1954)
• 1877 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator († 1960)
• 1881 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer († 1956)

• 1815 » Thomas Picton, Welsh-English general and politician (b. 1758)
• 1833 » Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771)
• 1835 » William Cobbett, English farmer and journalist (b. 1763)
• 1860 » Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck, German army officer and writer (b. 1783)
• 1866 » Prince Sigismund of Prussia (b. 1864)
• 1902 » Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Carmine Crocco, Italian soldier (b. 1830)
• 1916 » Max Immelmann, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1890)
• 1917 » Titu Maiorescu, Romanian critic and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1851)

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.
• April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• 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.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• August 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.

The temperature on June 18, 1866 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.