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• Adam Marinus van Gelder, Wamel
• Aloysius Josephus Van Gucht, Bornem († 1946)
• Abraham Lewin Brie, Podrzewie
• Aloysius Josephus Van Gucht‏‎, Bornem, België
• Adrianus in 't Veld, Oud-Beijerland († 1940)
• Albert Mulder, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Anna Cornelia Gelderblom, Berkenwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Mulder, Oude-Pekela Nieuwe-Pekela Groningen Nederland († 1946)
• Anna Hendrika van Esch, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angela Maria Mecca, Avigliano, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

• Adriana (Jaantje) (Jotje) Spierenburg (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Verbaan (72), Vleuten (buurt in de stad Utrecht, Utrecht)
• Abraham den Broeder (31), Katwijk aan den Rijn
• Aart Dijkers (64), Kockengen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltien Blijma (47), Groningen
• Adriana (Lotje Spierenburg , Jotje, Jaantje) (79), Utrecht
• Adriaantje Blanckensteijn (41), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Aaltje Vlot (3), Haastrecht, Gemeente Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Prooijen (54), Groningen
• Aaltje Trimp (73), Rotterdam

• 1858 » Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor and writer of prose and poetry († 1924)
• 1858 » Willard Metcalf, American painter († 1925)
• 1863 » William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer († 1892)
• 1869 » William Strunk Jr., American author and educator († 1946)
• 1872 » Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer († 1936)
• 1872 » William Duddell, English physicist and engineer († 1917)
• 1873 » Alice Guy-Blaché, French-American film director, producer and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1873 » Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1954)
• 1875 » Joseph Weil, American con man († 1976)
• 1876 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland († 1921)

• 1819 » the Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (b. 1752)
• 1839 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1785)
• 1860 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1863 » John F. Reynolds, American general (b. 1820)
• 1884 » Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
• 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
• 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)

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.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• 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.
• July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
• August 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.

The temperature on July 1, 1866 was about 16.8 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.