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• Adriana SMOUTER, Ridderkerk
• Adriana (Jaantje) Smouter, Ridderkerk († 1947)
• Andries Keegel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amancio de Mello, Faial da Terra, Povoação, São Miguel, Açores, Portugal
• Adrianus Hubertus Vissers, Waspik († 1928)
• Agatha de Bruijn, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1944)
• * Hendrikus Adrianus Maria Baars, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1867)
• Adriana Smouter, Ridderkerk († 1947)
• Douwe Gabes Langhout, Beers († 1931)
• Adrianus Hubertus Vissers, Waspik († 1928)

• Abraham Cornelisz Van Der MEER (75), Heenvliet
• Catharina Hendrika van Hattem (33), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christina Heijmans (2), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• alfred LANDA (23), Mons (Belgium)
• A E Flu (0)
• Albertus Smit (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Augustine Joseph Modave (54), Nassogne, België
• Adrianus Leonardus Gillesen (24), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine Caroline Guillemine van der Beken Pasteel (73), Kasterlee,Provincie Antwerpen,Flanders,Belgique
• Abraham Van Vliet (63), Rotterdam

• 1852 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1907)
• 1856 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator († 1923)
• 1860 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist († 1934)
• 1861 » Amélie of Orléans, queen consort of Portugal († 1951)
• 1867 » Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan († 1952)
• 1867 » James Edwin Campbell, American poet, editor, short story writer and educator († 1896)
• 1868 » Evelyn Beatrice Hall, English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire, and wrote under the pseudonym S. G. Tallentyre († 1956)
• 1870 » Florent Schmitt, French composer and critic († 1958)
• 1877 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter († 1940)
• 1878 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1962)

• 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 » Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)

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.
• March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
• 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).
• August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
• September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on September 28, 1866 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.