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• Arigje Stuij, Bleskensgraaf, ZUI, Nederland († 1867)
• Aagje Tool, Hensbroek, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Adeline Emilie Ledieu, Seneffe, Hainaut, Belgium
• Franken, Sassenheim († 1933)
• Adriaan Boogaart, Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1867)
• Anna Catharina van den Hoek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Arij de Knijff, Aarlanderveen, Nederland († 1927)
• Antonia Maria Stevens, Alphen en Riel († 1910)
• Adrianus Keepers, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Anje Doornbos, Kantens († 1867)

• Arie Graafland (67), Zwammerdam
• Bernardus Josephus Ghesquiere (56), Geluwe West-Vlaanderen
• Aaltje Leijssenaar (1), A307a, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Adriana Scherpenisse (39), Sint-Annaland
• Adrianus VAN LOON (34), Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Arie Gijsbertsz Graafland (67), Zwammerdam, Zuid Holland
• Carolus Emmanuel de Paepe (67), Stekene
• Anna Maria Vermee (68), Tilburg
• Aaltje van Oostrom (22), Wilnis
• Adrianus van Loon (34), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België

• 1850 » Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress († 1891)
• 1861 » Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist († 1929)
• 1867 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author († 1951)
• 1868 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)

• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (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.
• 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 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 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• July 20 » Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
• 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.

The temperature on December 9, 1866 was about 1.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.