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• Alphonsus Johannes Spaninks, Tilburg († 1951)
• van Stiphout, Helmond
• Paravicini Di Capelli, Leeuwarden
• Alieda Maria Wentholt, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Aafje Tissing, Avereest
• Anna Cathariana de Boer, Rotterdam († 1912)
• Aaltien 2 BERGMAN, Ruinen, de Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aloysius Servatius Laleman, Esen,8600,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aletta Maria Heijdeman, Zeddam, GEL, Nederland
• Adrianus Leliveld, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1914)

• Anna Elisabeth Genoveva Benedict (75), Grevenbicht, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Vos (76), Dedemsvaart
• (m) Bender (0), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Lemmens (16), Hulsel
• Anna Krul (79), Den Helder
• Adriana Johanna Damen (66)
• Anna Margaretha - Anna Vos (75), Avereest, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonie Redegeld (45), Oudshoorn
• Antonie Reedegeld (45), Oudshoorn
• Adriaan Johanse Caboort (75), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1854 » Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. († 1923)
• 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)
• 1863 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1933)
• 1863 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer († 1929)
• 1865 » Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic († 1940)
• 1868 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic († 1908)
• 1868 » Lucy Booth, English composer († 1953)
• 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
• 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)

• 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)

• 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.
• 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.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.

The temperature on April 28, 1866 was about 20.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.