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• Adriana Schrier, Wissenkerke († 1946)
• Aaltje Boonstra, Hijkersmilde, Middenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1936)
• Aaltje Jentjes Schokker, Opsterland
• Adriana Schrier, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1946)
• Aaltje van Ellen, Niezijl († 1942)
• Wieberdink, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Alexander Gijsbert van Opstal, Fijnaart († 1939)
• Aart Bakker, Zwijndrecht
• Adriaan van de Velde, Ovezande, ZL, NL († 1942)
• Adriana Cornelia van de Velde, Brouwershaven

• Albert Belt (59), Blankenham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Ockhuijsen (0), Utrecht
• Adèle Julie LECLERCQ (57), Saint-Omer,62500,Pas-De-Calais,Hauts-De-France,FRANCE
• Adolph Gijsbertusz Van NIEKERK (75), Ommen
• Aaltje Paulus Paulusma (61), Bergum
• Aaltje Paulusma (60), Oudwoude Friesland Nederland
• Weijts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolph Gijsbertuszn van Nieuwkerk (74), Ommen
• Alexandre Baudry (43), Savigny en Sancerre, 18240, France
• Albert Harmens Belt (58), Blankenham

• 1855 » Ernest Chausson, French composer († 1899)
• 1856 » Harriot Stanton Blatch, U.S. suffragist and organizer († 1940)
• 1865 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress († 1944)
• 1870 » Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian pianist and composer († 1894)
• 1873 » Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1874 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and coach († 1938)
• 1876 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1878 » Finlay Currie, Scottish-English actor († 1968)
• 1879 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and educator († 1968)
• 1880 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware († 1962)

• 1837 » John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)
• 1841 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)
• 1848 » Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)
• 1850 » Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)
• 1852 » Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)

• 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 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• 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 20 » Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• October 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.

The temperature on January 20, 1866 was about 9.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.