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• Frans Mol, avereest († 1927)
• Antje de Jonge, Oude Pekela
• Apolonia Helena Kloots, Leiden († 1867)
• Anna Cornelia Zeegers, Achthuizen, Holland
• Antonia Maria Roozendaal, van, Gilze en Rijen († 1951)
• Alberdina TIMMERMAN, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Walst, Koog aan De Zaan,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1868)
• Allegonda van Doorn, Bunnik († 1937)
• Andrew Traxler Shippy, Kent, Ontario († 1933)
• Antonius Franciscus Carolus Homan, Sneek, Fr, Nederland († 1933)

• Anna Boer (1), Ridderkerk
• Anna Adriana Trompert (57), Utrecht
• Anna Theresia D'Hulster (82), Zarren West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aagje (Agatha) CLEIJNDERT (15), Nieuwendam
• Aafje Claas' Raat (77), Wognum
• Agatha Cleyndert (Clegndert) (15), Nieuwendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (2) Dieuwertje (Dievertje) Stam (70), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Arie Gouda (34), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Alexis de Bentheim-Steinfurt (85), Steinfurt (Burgsteinfurt), 05566, Allemagne
• Vesters, Uden

• 1854 » Carlo Fornasini, Italian micropalaeontologist († 1931)
• 1856 » Jim McCormick, Scottish-American baseball player and manager († 1918)
• 1857 » Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general († 1918)
• 1862 » Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician († 1916)
• 1863 » Alfred Perot, French physicist and academic († 1925)
• 1866 » Harry Staley, American baseball player († 1910)
• 1871 » Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby player and manager († 1943)
• 1875 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer and conductor († 1910)
• 1876 » Stephen Alencastre, American bishop and missionary († 1940)
• 1877 » Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean general and politician, 20th President of Chile († 1960)

• 1850 » William E. Shannon, Irish-born American politician (b. 1821/1822)
• 1858 » Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author (b. 1807)
• 1869 » Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1890 » Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1900 » Carrie Steele Logan, American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)
• 1914 » Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)

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 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• 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.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian 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).

The temperature on November 3, 1866 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.