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• Aaltje ten Heuvel, Grijpskerk († 1951)
• Alexandre Bernard, Dampremy, Hainaut, Belgique († 1893)
• Aloysius Franciscus DEPOORTER, Passendale
• Alida Harsveld, Den Haag (NL)
• Anna Soares de Amorim, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1944)
• Aaltje ten Heuvel, Grijpskerk(Gr) († 1951)
• Albert TSCHIRHART, Mortzwiller, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Abraham Hermanus Barendse, Hillegom, Hillegom, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Aaltien Geerts HOUWING, Emmen Drenthe Netherlands († 1866)
• Adriana Maria Nieuwlaat, Berkel

• Annetje van het IJssel (47), Oldebroek, Gld, NL
• Anna Geertruid Hensgens (0), Schinnen
• Anna-Catharina Paridaens (59), Merchtem
• Barbara Theresia VERPLANCKE, Lissewege,8380,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Annetje van 't IJssel (47), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoek (68), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Linde (2), Dreischor (Gem. Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus Spruijt (33)
• Anna Geertruida ALTEPOST (47), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexandre Bellens (54), Nieuwerkerken Oost Vlaanderen *

• 1853 » Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and author († 1919)
• 1858 » Carl Richard Nyberg, Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the blow torch († 1939)
• 1872 » Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer († 1917)
• 1878 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer († 1945)
• 1879 » Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist († 1958)
• 1883 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village († 1978)
• 1883 » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician († 1966)
• 1884 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia († 1948)
• 1886 » Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster († 1954)
• 1888 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)

• 1805 » Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1743)
• 1808 » Richard Hurd, English bishop (b. 1720)
• 1811 » Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1742)
• 1831 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
• 1843 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
• 1849 » Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
• 1878 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)

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.
• April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
• May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
• September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
• 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.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on May 28, 1866 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.