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• Alida van Beelen, Katwijk aan Zee († 1867)
• -levenloos (2)- dochter van Hubertus(*1835) Harinck, Kloetinge († 1866)
• Aalbrecht Pieter van Dijk, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriaan Simonse, Koudekerke († 1866)
• -levenloos (1)- dochter van Hubertus(*1835) Harinck, Kloetinge († 1866)
• Aalbrecht Pieter van Dijk, Loosduinen († 1942)
• Alfred Seraphin D'havé, Waarschoot († 1939)
• Adrianus van Gorp, Alphen en Riel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1873)
• Adrianus Marinus de Jeu, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (1) Johannes van Oostrum, Haarzuilens, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1898)

• Caro (0), Velp (Rheden), Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernadus Welling (76), Doesburg
• -levenloos (2)- dochter van Hubertus(*1835) Harinck (0), Kloetinge
• Arij Eigenraam (0), Vlaardingen
• Anna Aalders (80), Velsen
• Adriaan WILS (43), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieterdr Delver (23), Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltje Freeks de Wilde (83), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Delver (23), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna van Diem (35), Heusden, Nederland

• 1858 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist († 1918)
• 1865 » Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator († 1925)
• 1872 » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor († 1921)
• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)

• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)

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 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
• May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• 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.
• 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 October 15, 1866 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.