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• Adrianus van der Gaag, Maassluis († 1900)
• (m) Henk, Arfeld, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1866)
• Anke Pietjes Deinum (Deinem), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1921)
• van den Berg, Woerden († 1866)
• Adriana Klazina van der Meer, Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Alexandrina Brits, Niel, Antwerpen, België
• Antje Weidema, Hoornsterzwaag, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Mathilde Elisabeth Ahrens, Steffenshagen, Germany († 1888)
• Bakker, Wymbritseradeel
• Adrianus Hofsteede, Delft († 1866)

• Anna Hendrika Schoorel (32), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Pol (50), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pellis (60), Zundert, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Barbera Antoinette Hermans (80), Maastricht
• Arij van Letten van Rossen (80), Vlaardingen
• Antje Danielsdr. Outshoorn (73), Haarlem
• Baafke Gerdes Röbkes (0)
• Antonia Heesakkers (43), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Ton (13), Zoelen
• Arie van LETTEN VAN ROSSEN (80), Vlaardingen (Zuid-Holland)

• 1848 » Otto of Bavaria († 1916)
• 1850 » Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician († 1921)
• 1853 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic († 1914)
• 1857 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1914)
• 1861 » William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian († 1948)
• 1866 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player († 1916)
• 1875 » Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer († 1960)
• 1880 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor († 1958)
• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)

• 1813 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)

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.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• July 20 » Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
• October 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.

The temperature on April 27, 1866 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.