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• Adriana Huibregtse, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, NL († 1870)
• Albert vander Meent, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Jans Koning, Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• * Johannes Petrus Sein, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, NL († 1866)
• Ailko Mennos RIETEMA, Houwerzijl (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1866)
• Albert van de Meent, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Teske, Leiden († 1866)
• Adrianus Hoogenboezem, Lekkerkerk
• Adriana Petronella van den Broek, Dinther († 1943)
• Albert Jans Koning, Twijzel († 1939)

• Agatha van Daalen (9), Zoetermeer, South Holland, Netherlands
• "zonder naam" Wouters (0), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Aegidius Wissenburg (43), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Molenberg (21), Groningen
• Adrianus VERWOERD (21), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Adriana van der Scheer (50), Schipluiden
• Abraham van den Ham (35), Utrecht
• van Otterloo (0), Rotterdam
• Alida van der Maat (60), Haarlemmermeer, Vijfhuizen
• Albert Jans Lap (27), Sleen (Coevorden), Drenthe, Nederland

• 1858 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal († 1928)
• 1858 » Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician († 1932)
• 1861 » William James Mayo, American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic († 1939)
• 1863 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1934)
• 1866 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer († 1939)
• 1868 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and journalist († 1938)
• 1870 » Joseph Carl Breil, American tenor, composer, and director († 1926)
• 1873 » Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist († 1938)
• 1879 » Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal († 1970)
• 1880 » Ludwig Beck, German general († 1944)

• 1840 » Lucien Bonaparte, French prince (b. 1775)
• 1852 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)
• 1853 » Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1855 » John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
• 1860 » Thomas Addison, English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793)
• 1861 » Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet and translator (b. 1806)
• 1873 » Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1875 » Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
• 1895 » Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)

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 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• 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.
• 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 29, 1866 was about 17.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.