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• Adriana van der Heijden, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1924)
• (w) Sassmannshausen, Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adrianus Kouwenberg, Grinneken en Bavel († 1931)
• * Aaltje Horden, Leerbroek († 1950)
• Aagje Sonneveld, Maassluis († 1945)
• Albert Everts Nijstad, Avereest († 1937)
• Adriana REEDIJK, Mijnsheerenland († 1952)
• Adriaan van Trier, Chaam († 1953)
• Angelica Maria Catharina van Genk, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Aafje Dop, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Aaltien Jacobs Karssing (75), Roden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aart Teunissen van Hardeveld (66)
• Adriaan Kornelis Aarts (47), Steenbergen
• Aard Teunisz van Hardeveld (65), Veenendaal
• anna catharina van diepe (0), baarlo
• Adrianus Leijten (0), Princenhage (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Albert Groenewold (1), Vastenow, Emmen
• Agnes (Angenes) Linders (42), Groesbeek
• Agnes Linders, Groesbeek, NL
• Aart Teunissen# van Hardeveld (65), Veenendaal, Utrecht NL

• 1859 » Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author († 1936)
• 1863 » George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher († 1930)
• 1863 » Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter († 1923)
• 1864 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1935)
• 1867 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician († 1947)
• 1867 » Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic († 1942)
• 1869 » Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic († 1970)
• 1872 » Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania († 1950)
• 1875 » Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon († 1956)
• 1877 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer († 1952)

• 1795 » Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)
• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

• 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.
• January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.

The temperature on February 27, 1866 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.