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• Adriaantje Van Den BERG, Oude-Tonge
• Alida van den Haspel, Alblasserdam († 1954)
• Adrianus Cornelis Doorn, Zijpe
• Alida van Weeren, Leiden
• Anke Hoedemaker, Vlieland († 1867)
• Alida Anthonetta Banning, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1942)
• Antoinetta Julia van Gellecom, Pannerden, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1867)
• Adrianus Theodorus Aloijsius Maria Vissers, Eindhoven
• Anna Van der Lof, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1891)
• Adrianus Christiaan Willemse, Utrecht († 1930)

• Albertus ten Bruggencate (33), Hellendoorn
• Adriana Boer (35), Rotterdam
• Abraham van Oosten (45), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Lijnjaat (63), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van der Vreeden, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbertus (Albertus) Otten (50), Tilburg
• Aaltje Pasman (69), Meppel
• * Neeltje (3) Hoek (33), Rotterdam
• Aagje HAREMAKER (5), Koog aan De Zaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Blom (14), Montfoort

• 1839 » Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive († 1916)
• 1853 » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic († 1920)
• 1868 » Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright († 1944)
• 1870 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player († 1939)
• 1871 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)
• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)

• 1845 » Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
• 1878 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

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 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• 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.
• June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• 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 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.

The temperature on July 17, 1866 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.