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• Adrianus PRINS, Rozenburg, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1866)
• Antonette Frederike B√∂rger, Sappemeer, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1929)
• Antje (Antje Willems) Zeijlemaker (Zeylemaker), Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Arij Ruizeveld, Poortugaal († 1937)
• Adriaan van der Vate, Oostkapelle, Walcheren,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1899)
• Antonia Adriana van Aken, Klundert († 1927)
• Angeniet HAGENBEUK, Amersfoort († 1939)
• Antonia van Rijsbergen, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1889)
• ARIJ RUIZEVELD, POORTUGAAL († 1937)
• Annigje van der Sluis, Nieuwleusen

• Aaltjen Huusken (38), Diepenveen
• Aaltjen Huisken (39), Diepenveen (Borgele)
• Anna Elsen (74), Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Abraham van Harteveld (73), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Aaltjen Huisken (Huusken) (38), Borgele, Nederland
• Aartje van de Voort (45), Veenendaal-Geldersch (Ede)
• Aartje van de Voort (44), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Mullers (71), Zaadvenen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kwestroo (2), Leiden
• Anna Helena Schulte (40), Latherfähr, Emsland

• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)
• 1873 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer († 1918)
• 1874 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright († 1936)
• 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)

• 1829 » Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)

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.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
• 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 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• 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 May 29, 1866 was about 23.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 37%.