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• Albert Vlot, Wanneperveen († 1870)
• Berend Stip, Ermelo
• Adriana JONKERS, Bergeijk, 3314, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Callebaut († 1929)
• Annigje Schonnewille, Hoogeveen († 1931)
• Aagje Schelling, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Antje van Gorkum, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoine SURGAND, Bettendorf (68560, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1866)
• Antoinetta Hermsen, Hatert, Nederland († 1944)
• Antonius Rombouts, Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Maria Scholte (12), Den Helder
• Aart Rietveld (39), Barwoutswaarder NL
• Anna Gertrudis Leenders (62), Schiedam
• Alida de Heer (3), Polsbroek, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Bierdrager (33), Durgerdam
• Adriana Baan (47)
• annetje van PUTTEN (34), oud-beijerland
• Aaltje Voerman (28), Uitgeest, Uitgeest, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Johanna Verhoeven (1), Leiden
• Abraham Leget (29), Leiden

• 1851 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic († 1940)
• 1857 » Maurice Perrault, Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil († 1909)
• 1858 » Harry Johnston, English botanist and explorer († 1927)
• 1858 » Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer († 1929)
• 1861 » William Attewell, English cricketer and umpire († 1927)
• 1864 » Frank Chapman, American ornithologist, photographer, and author († 1945)
• 1877 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician († 1971)
• 1883 » Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter († 1969)
• 1883 » Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic († 1957)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic († 1920)

• 1816 » Pierre Augereau, French general (b. 1757)
• 1818 » Egwale Seyon, Ethiopian emperor
• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)

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.
• July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• 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 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
• October 19 » In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.

The temperature on June 12, 1866 was about 16.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.