About the day » Wednesday June 20, 1866Calender converter

• Anna Barbara Gorissen, Bocholtz, Limburg (Nederland) († 1890)
• Alphonsus van Putte, Woensdrecht,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Adrianus Cornelsz van den Berg, Overschie
• Alphonsus Putte van, Woensdrecht († 1938)
• Anna Gesina Hermes, Oberlangen, Lathen († 1893)
• Adrianus van den Berg, Overschie († 1948)
• Aleijda Petronella Joanna Berkhout, Delft († 1925)
• Amanda McCaleb († 1936)
• August Vetter, Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1866)
• Alida Maria van der Weijden, Noordwijk, ZUI, Nederland († 1919)

• Anna Catharina de Rooij (66), Tilburg
• Anna van den Berg (86), Haaften
• Adriana Morren (2), Utrecht
• Albert Haak (0), Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Adrianus Izak Borgers (2), Utrecht
• Albert Koelink (1), Meppel
• Agnes Johanna Christina Weenink (11), Willemsoord, gem. Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anne, C√©lina THIERRY (50), √âpernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, FRANCE
• Aart Luijendijk (43), Capelle aan den Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anthonij de Moor (65), Terneuzen (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, ZL) NL

• 1858 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American novelist and short story writer († 1932)
• 1860 » Alexander Winton, Scottish-American race car driver and engineer († 1932)
• 1860 » Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach († 1937)
• 1861 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1947)
• 1865 » George Redmayne Murray, English biologist and physician († 1939)
• 1866 » James Burns, English cricketer († 1957)
• 1869 » Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group († 1956)
• 1870 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic († 1943)
• 1872 » George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army († 1948)
• 1875 » Reginald Punnett, English geneticist, statistician, and academic († 1967)

• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)

• 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.
• April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
• August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on June 20, 1866 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.