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• van Anrooj († 1947)
• Adriaan Marijnis Rommers, Rucphen († 1918)
• Adolf Jacob Luckenbach, Gillespie Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• Adriaantje Pors, Oud Beierland († 1938)
• Aalt van Hierden, Putten († 1867)
• Adriaantje Pors, Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Schodts
• Aaltje. Tuin, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland The Netherlands († 1875)
• Adrianus van Dieten, Bokhoven, Nederland († 1941)
• Adrianus Petrus van der Kleij, 's-Gravenhage († 1941)

• Aaltjen Luiting (3), Harderwijk, Nederland
• Adrianus BUIJTENHEK (80), Dordrecht
• Adriana Breedveld (2), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Adrianus HUYGEN (70)
• Arie Heijkoop (61), Charlois
• Arie van Turnhout (0), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes "Niesje" van den Berg (32), Utrecht
• alida schmidt (40), Schellinkhout
• Adrianus van der Korst (48), Groningen
• Benjamin Brade (78), 3 Peel St., Preston.. Lancashire. England

• 1839 » János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator († 1917)
• 1843 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1924)
• 1854 » Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author († 1926)
• 1867 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company († 1919)
• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)

• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)

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.
• March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
• 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.
• May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• 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.
• October 19 » In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.
• 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 23, 1866 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.