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• Anna, Catharina Van Den Steen, Moorsel († 1866)
• Antonetta Maria de Beer, Tilburg Gemeente Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna_Cornelia_Francis_Johannesdr. VAN HOOF, Wintelre
• Anna Gertruida Willemina PRETORIUS
• Anna Verhard, Rotterdam
• Anke IJpema, Tolbert († 1902)
• Alma Ermina Chesebro, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1902)
• Annechien Stukje, Muntendam (Duurkenakker) († 1871)
• Antonetta Maria de Beer, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Aagje Los, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 1866)

• Ana María de Sevilla, Madrid
• Antje Martens Hoekstra (45), Dronrijp, Friesland, Nederland
• Annetje Gerrits Van Renselaar (67), Voorthuizen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Warmerdam (34), Alkemade, ZUI, Nederland
• Annegje Egberts van Oosten (78), Meppel
• Anskje Feijes Westra (55), Kollumerzwaag
• Annegje Van Oosten, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abel Schnieders (69), Tunxdorf
• van Scherpenzeel (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Peters (2), Groesbeek

• 1841 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III († 1926)
• 1842 » Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco († 1857)
• 1861 » Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author († 1935)
• 1862 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1869 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager († 1928)
• 1875 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler († 1940)
• 1875 » William Donne, English cricketer and captain († 1942)
• 1884 » J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian († 1958)
• 1891 » Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer († 1957)
• 1891 » Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet († 1976)

• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)
• 1865 » A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
• 1872 » Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
• 1891 » Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)

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 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
• May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 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.

The temperature on April 2, 1866 was about 10.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.