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• Anna Maria Rooij de, Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta Frenken, Siebengewald († 1922)
• Anna Maria Sophia Schlüter, Gelsenkirchen-Buer,Nordrhein-Westfalen,Deutschland
• - Falle, Hellevoetsluis († 1866)
• Anna Hoffman, Deutschland († 1932)
• Albert Kats, Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen), Nederland († 1866)
• Adriaan Verton, Serooskerke (Schouwen) († 1866)
• Adrianus Storm, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Walchenbach, Stolberg, Aachen, Dld
• Age Douwes Cnossen, Heeg, Friesland, Netherlands († 1947)

• Adriana Dorothea Krouwers (17), Dinteloord
• Plugboer (0), Zuid en Noord Schermer, Noord Holland, Nederland
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• (Johann) Heinrich (#4) WURMNEST (53)
• Adriana Dorothea Krouwers (17), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angèle Flavie Josèphe DUFLOS (0), Febvin-Palfart,62960,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Alida Hogenboom (1), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aan Symens (Arend) Algra (62), Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda Teeuwen (82), Soerendonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abel Raines (69), Perry, Tennessee, United States

• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

• 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.
• 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.
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• July 28 » At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
• August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on April 15, 1866 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.