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• Aleida van Drie, Hoogland († 1922)
• Andrew Jackson Craig († 1945)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Hoeve, Oosterland († 1956)
• Aaltje IJspeerd, Vollenhove Stad († 1945)
• Alma Jaretta McCluer, Du Quoin, Perry County, Illinois
• Anna van Velden, Enkhuizen († 1898)
• Adriana Diena Schuddebeurs, Asperen, Lingewaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1912)
• Aagje Wals, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Albertje de Vries, Urk († 1952)
• Adelia Maria de Grave, Baarle-Nassau († 1873)

• Adriana Sprokkerieft (1), Nieuwveen
• Aaron Plimpton (78), Penn Yan, Yates, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van Luijk (74), Naaldwijk
• Alida (Aaltje) van Luijk (74), Naaldwijk
• Albert Jans Stokvis (49), Koekange (De Wijk) 53
• Anna Lodewijckx (0), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Beatrix Schiepers (56), Maastricht
• Barthélemie Joseph Sauwen (78), Clermont s/ Berwinne, 4890 (B)
• Anna Maria Rombouts (73)
• Anna Maria van Beneden (0), Maastricht

• 1858 » Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist († 1932)
• 1860 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer († 1936)
• 1860 » Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic († 1892)
• 1861 » Jeff Milton, American police officer († 1947)
• 1867 » Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1872 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist († 1956)
• 1872 » Lucille La Verne, American actress († 1945)
• 1876 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer († 1958)
• 1878 » Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic († 1968)
• 1879 » King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)

• 1837 » Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
• 1862 » Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
• 1872 » Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
• 1881 » John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
• 1906 » Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (b. 1881)
• 1913 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Sam Thompson, American baseball player (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.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• 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.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on November 7, 1866 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.