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• Arie van der Linden, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1867)
• Aaltje Johanna Franciska Clementine Versteegh, Drumpt, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriaantje de Klerk, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Albert Jan Hobbelink, Azelo, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1868)
• Anna Maria Delnoij, Valkenburg aan de Geul (Oud-Valkenburg) (Limburg) († 1928)
• Bernardus Ambrosius Scholte, Nieuwe Pekela
• Anna Maria Delnoij, Oud-Valkenburg, Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Antonio Pinheiro, Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna van der LINDEN, Dubbeldam († 1952)
• Anna Maria Zelis, Maastricht († 1940)

• Aren van der Spaan (59), Melissant
• Anna Moor (0), 's-Gravenzande
• Adrianus Jordens (45), Rijkevorsel
• Cato Margaretha Hekkenberg (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus JORDENS (45), Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België
• Aaltje Wöstenfeld (6), Zuidbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Aagje van Duijn (24), Katwijk
• Adriaan Ansems de Vries (0)
• Cato Margaretha Hekkenberg (0), Amsterdam
• Meijer, Peneleh, Soerabaja

• 1860 » Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia († 1947)
• 1861 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I († 1931)
• 1862 » Paul Adam, French author († 1920)
• 1863 » Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1952)
• 1863 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1863 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears († 1914)
• 1869 » Frank Laver, Australian cricketer († 1919)
• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)

• 1837 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814)
• 1842 » Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)

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 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.

The temperature on December 7, 1866 was about 7.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.