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• Aaltien 2 BERGMAN, Ruinen, de Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltien (2) Bergman, Ruinen († 1954)
• Alphonsus Johannes Spanings, Tilburg († 1951)
• Andries Mieremet, Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1927)
• Anna Cornelia Catharina Feyt, Wilmarsdonk
• Assendelft 185
• van Stiphout, Helmond
• Anna Apolonia Voorderhake, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Alida Clara Johannes van DIJK, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Akke Aukes Veenstra, Eernewoude, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)

• Anna Krul (79), Den Helder
• Arnoldus ten DIJKER (64), Mijdrecht
• Arnoldus den Dijker, Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• van den Oever, Herwijnen
• Anna Maria Peussens (72), Schinnen
• Bartus Bollen (67), Winterswijk
• Anthonie Redegeld (45), Oudshoorn, Nederland
• Anna (Anna Margaretha) Anna Grete Vos (75), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Garvelink (4), Halle (Zelhem)
• Anna Holt (27), Peize

• 1854 » Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. († 1923)
• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)
• 1863 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1933)
• 1863 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer († 1929)
• 1865 » Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic († 1940)
• 1868 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic († 1908)
• 1868 » Lucy Booth, English composer († 1953)
• 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
• 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)

• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)

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.
• 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.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• 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 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
• 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 28, 1866 was about 20.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.