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• Adrianus Springer, Utrecht († 1931)
• Aaltje Hoekstra, Marrum († 1920)
• Aaltje Tietes Hoekstra, Marrum,Ferwerderadeel,Friesland,Netherlands († 1920)
• Adrianus Engelbertus Halkes, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Amelia Ketels, Zedelgem,8210,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1953)
• Aaltje Prattenburg, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1869)
• Albertus GieSeman, Loosduinen († 1881)
• Adriana de GRAAF, Princenhage (N.Br. Nl) († 1937)
• Abraham Pekel, Amsterdam
• Adrianus_Theodorus Baars, Amsterdam († 1940)

• ?? Staalman (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Roels Fokkinga (44), Franeker
• Albertus Johannes Petrus Pijnenborg (5), Tilburg
• Alexander Simays (69), Maastricht
• Aldegonda Bussemaekers (45), Horst, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alberta Dalhuisen (62), Veessen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Andries van Ham (0)
• albertus johannes petrus pijnenborg (5), tilburg
• Anna Maria Hellemans (81), Jette, Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussel-Hoofdstad, België
• Alberta Jansdr. Dalhuisen (62), Epe

• 1854 » Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author († 1929)
• 1856 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist († 1919)
• 1856 » Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer († 1917)
• 1857 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic († 1911)
• 1859 » Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1906)
• 1862 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright († 1931)
• 1863 » Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano († 1936)
• 1869 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales († 1921)
• 1869 » Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter († 1945)
• 1882 » Walter White, Scottish international footballer († 1950)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

• 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 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.

The temperature on May 15, 1866 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.