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• Albertus Grutter, Avereest († 1889)
• Abraham Pieter Marcusse, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1866)
• Adam Annes Vleeshouwer, utingeradeel († 1866)
• Aaltje Jorts Kooijman, Terschelling († 1899)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Helsloot, Amsterdam
• Valk, Delft († 1866)
• Agatha Retel, Hien, Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1937)
• Overdorp, Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Jonker, Borger († 1866)
• Adolph Wilhelm Klein, Nenderoth, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1868)

• Adriana van Zoelen (86), Geldermalsen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Kállay van Nagy-Kálló (65), Coka (Tschoka), Banat, N.O.-Servië
• Antien Veldhuis (1), Smilde(D)
• Jonker (0), Borger
• Anna Josepha Hanssen (66), Schaesberg (L
• Adelheid van Grotthuss Vrouwe van Spirgen (72)
• Alberdiena van Dijken (32), Norg
• Amelia Sophia Bordau (35), Langemark West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Anna Theresa Dewilde (56), Klerken
• Joost Sandee (73), Yerseke

• 1858 » Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1862 » Nathaniel Reed, American criminal († 1950)
• 1868 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician († 1923)
• 1869 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist († 1955)
• 1869 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines († 1964)
• 1872 » Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1940)
• 1874 » Grantley Goulding, English hurdler († 1947)
• 1874 » J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1876 » Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader († 1964)
• 1876 » Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist († 1924)

• 1801 » Paul I, Russian emperor (b. 1754)
• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)

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 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on March 23, 1866 was about 4.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.