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• Albertje Bruins, Kerkenveld († 1942)
• Albertine Olevia, Batavia, West-Java († 1866)
• Andries de Bruin van der Wal, Herwijnen (Lingewaal), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adam Mackintosh, Kiltearn, Ross-shire, Scotland
• Anna Giannelli, Triggiano, Bari, Apulia, Italy († 1944)
• Hersmis, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1866)
• Adriaan Goedhart, Vlissingen († 1882)
• Adrianus Dielissen, Rosmalen († 1934)
• Aaltje Klein Obbink, Oosterwijk (Zelhem)
• Albert Kornelius Didrichsen, Dønna, Nordland, Norge

• Adriaan Scheurwater (30), Papendrecht gem. Alblasserwaard Zhl. Nederland
• Aafje Feijer (0), Slagharen
• Hersmis (0), Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Nicolaas Spruit (0), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Hendriks Tamsma (76)
• Abraham Breedveld (2), Alblasserdam
• Barbara Derks van der Haar (76), Krakeel, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ank Jans Ferfsma (69), Kollumerland
• Arent Abrahams de Groot (59), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes van Waalwijk van Doorn (55), Oud-en Nieuw Mathenesse

• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)
• 1868 » Sandy Herd, Scottish golfer († 1944)
• 1876 » Erich Raeder, German admiral († 1960)
• 1878 » Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer († 1984)
• 1880 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper († 1954)
• 1880 » Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist († 1964)
• 1882 » Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal († 1970)

• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)

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.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• 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 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.

The temperature on April 24, 1866 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 27%.