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• Adolphe Wafelman, Brussel
• Aleida HUIZING, Odoorn, Drenthe, NEDERLAND († 1923)
• Alphonsius Maria Hubertus RASQUINX, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1891)
• Abraham Juniusz Sijnja, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1882)
• Antonius van den Oever, Bokhoven († 1873)
• Ana Cândida Corrêa
• Antje Oeges Speulstra, Ferwert,Gemeente Ferwerderadiel,Friesland,Nederland
• Anna Maria Verbeek, Haarlem († 1901)
• Albert Lampley [K 83 NHopeMMSBu], Mississippi or Texas ql († 1947)
• Anna KRUITHOF, Strijen

• Angenita Johanna Willekes (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• amalia madou (60), poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenieta Johanna Willekes (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus van Alkmaar (8), Lisse
• Antje Sterke (77), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Anna Maria Moolhuijzen (5), Schiedam,-
• Adriana Roelofsd. Voerman (42), Sommelsdijk (ZH Nederland)
• Alida Kapteijn (72), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Kleiboer (78), Vaassen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van de Vijver (75), Malle, Antwerpen, België

• 1851 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter († 1909)
• 1856 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and journalist († 1920)
• 1864 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines († 1903)
• 1865 » Henry Norris, English businessman and politician († 1934)
• 1866 » Francesco Cilea, Italian composer and academic († 1950)
• 1878 » James Thomas Milton Anderson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1946)
• 1882 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1948)
• 1883 » Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London († 1963)
• 1884 » Emil Jannings, Swiss-German actor († 1950)
• 1885 » Izaak Killam, Canadian financier and philanthropist († 1955)

• 1833 » Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician, Chilean Minister of Finance (b. 1777)
• 1853 » Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)
• 1878 » Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (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.
• January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• 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.
• July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
• August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

The temperature on July 23, 1866 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.