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• Adolphe Louis VERKEYN, Torhout († 1945)
• Albertje Ewes BOLT, Spijk (Bierum) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Catherina Rillaerts
• Aaltjen Stenvert, Kring van Dorth,Gemeente Bathmen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1866)
• Abram Stoutjesdijk, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, VS
• Adrianus Nieuwland, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Teunisse, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Jorissen, Nieuwstadt
• Abraham Slager, Steenwijk,Gemeente Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Aaltje Nieuwpoort, Berkhout, Nederland

• Albertus Meeboer, Ermelo, Nederland
• Anna Catharina CLAES (86), Hamont, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Barbara Laureys (84), Lokeren, België
• Andreas Hamers (5), Bocholtz, Limburg, Nederland
• Augustinus Debaene (67), Ruddervoorde, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Adriana van HOUWELINGEN (70), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Aaltje(n) Bergerink (69), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ambrocius (Broos) Zijdewind (54), Sint Maarten
• Adriana Cornelisd Van HOUWELINGEN (71), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Adriana van Houweling (70), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1849 » Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol († 1923)
• 1864 » Richard Rushall, British businessman († 1953)
• 1870 » Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor († 1954)
• 1871 » Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1937)
• 1872 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)
• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)

• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)

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.
• January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
• 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 March 6, 1866 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.