About the day » Tuesday December 11, 1866Calender converter

• Amanda B “Mandy” Hill, Tennessee, United States († 1945)
• Adrianus Rijsdijk, Sint Anthoniepolder († 1867)
• Albert Becker, Holzhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Abraham Fontijn, Zoeterwoude († 1943)
• Aart Franken, Oosteinde (Nunspeet)
• Anna DU GARDIJN, Broek in Waterland
• Anna Hendrika Brinkhorst, Zwolle, Netherlands
• Aaltje Lesterhuis, Groningen († 1905)
• Anna Catharina Baggen, Schinnen, Nederland († 1945)
• Aart Franken, Nunspeet

• Afie Woute (68), Assendelft
• Afie Woute (68), Assendelft
• Hendrik van Son (0), Wij aan Zee en Duin
• Adrianus van Raak (1), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Woude (64), Assendelft NH NL
• Adriaan van Groll (75), Batavia, Java, Nederlands Indië
• Aldegonda Goetzen (58), Melick
• Abraham Frye (73), Charleroi, Washington, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Boudewijn Kaan (73), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Boudewijn Kaan (73), Middelburg

• 1856 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher, theorist, and author († 1918)
• 1858 » Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright († 1943)
• 1861 » Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer († 1923)
• 1863 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic († 1941)
• 1872 » René Bull, British illustrator and photographer († 1942)
• 1873 » Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic († 1967)
• 1875 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician († 1962)
• 1880 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire († 1951)
• 1882 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)

• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)

• 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 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• 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 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
• 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 December 11, 1866 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.