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• Abraham Jan Vermeulen, Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1868)
• van der Lingen, 's Gravenzande († 1866)
• Alida Gerardina Frederiksz van Luijk, Schiedam, zh.nld
• Adrianus Cornelis Sprangers, Princenhage, Noord Brabant († 1871)
• Abraham Hoeksema, Hakkum († 1910)
• Adrianus (Arie) van der Roest, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1917)
• Adriana van 't Veld, Ittersum († 1940)
• Abraham Nicolaas van Meerten, Paramaribo,,Paramaribo,Suriname
• Aaltje MOOI, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1950)
• Alexandrina Augusta de Góes, Ibiuna, São Paulo, Brasil

• van der Lingen (0), 's Gravenzande
• Cornet (0), Zwolle
• Albert Riemers Poelstra (5), Doezum, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Francisca Petronella Wijzenbroek (0), Oud en Nieuw Mathenesse
• Abraham Witte (5), Bruinisse
• Janna van der Weide (22), Hoogeveen Drenthe
• Adrianus Paijmans (1), Nieuwkuijk
• Aagje van Waveren (0), Loosdrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Agnes PEETERS (80), Waltwilder (Limburg) (B)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Hubertus van Piere (2), Eindhoven

• 1848 » Arthur Giry, French historian and academic († 1899)
• 1851 » Samuel W. McCall, American journalist and politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts († 1923)
• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)
• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• 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.
• August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

The temperature on February 28, 1866 was about 0.8 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.