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• Alberdina Terpstra, Hornhuizen
• Anna Catharina Baan, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dufais, 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Christina Bessingpass, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1959)
• Aart van Dorrestein, Soest († 1951)
• (m) Georg, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Romijn, woerden (utrecht)
• Aleida Theodora Davina, Goor († 1941)
• Aldert van der Kwaak, Rijnsburg († 1924)
• Adolphus Franciscus Franssens, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1941)

• Catharina de Ruig (60), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Willems Meintsma (63), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• arie van der HOOVEN (74), zuidland
• Andries Wuts (1), Kessel, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Adrianus Pieter Glansdorp (11), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaftje Grootes (14), Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina (Caatje) de Ruijg (61), Soest
• Adriana Tollenaar (53), Wissenkerke ZB
• Anna Cecilia Berlenbach (73), Den Helder
• Caatje de Ruijg (61), Soest, Nederland

• 1843 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright († 1920)
• 1847 » Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic († 1923)
• 1855 » Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator († 1936)
• 1872 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist († 1950)
• 1876 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright († 1918)
• 1878 » Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1929)
• 1878 » Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter († 1967)
• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician († 1926)
• 1886 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author († 1968)
• 1888 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor († 1971)

• 1807 » Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)

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.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
• October 19 » In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.

The temperature on May 10, 1866 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.