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• Agnes Laird, North Lanarkshire, Scotland († 1946)
• Alice Bertha Maria Vuylsteke, Moen († 1917)
• Aaltje Willemsdr de Haas, Andijk († 1916)
• Aart Gerritszn Sterkman, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1871)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Spelbos, Utrecht († 1869)
• Adriana van der Sman, Stompwijk
• Adriana Zoeta Klijn, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1867)
• Aaltje Valk, Zwijndrecht
• Adriana Susanna van Maarseveen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1869)
• Adriaan Viergever, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands

• Anna Dimpina ‏ BURREMANS (67), Steenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland‎
• Angenieta van Steijn (28), Beesd, Geldermalsen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Dijmpna Buurmans, Steenbergen, NB, Nederland
• Aaltje van Driel (62), Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Marsman (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Wauters (0), Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Dimphna Buurmans (67), Steenbergen, Nederland
• Andreas Arvidsson Boman (71), Grundsund (O)
• Aaltje Gerrits Mulder (69), Hoogeveen
• Albertus Heeren (42), Arnhem

• 1853 » Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician († 1924)
• 1857 » Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician († 1935)
• 1860 » Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer († 1940)
• 1864 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1867 » Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator († 1944)
• 1868 » Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright († 1925)
• 1869 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1872 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient († 1963)
• 1879 » Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist († 1966)
• 1880 » Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary († 1961)

• 1836 » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
• 1851 » James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (b. 1789)
• 1852 » Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 1852 » Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
• 1862 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
• 1862 » Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1879 » Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
• 1891 » Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
• 1898 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)

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.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• 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 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• 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.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on September 14, 1866 was about 16.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.