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• Albert Bernard Dommerholt, Diepenveen († 1927)
• Antje BAAS, Gasselternijveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1942)
• "George" Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, London († 1923)
• Adrianus Reinen van Nes, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Brussee, Rijnsburg († 1889)
• Antje Jacobs Baas, Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands(Gasselternijveen)
• Albert Bernhard Dommerholt, Diepenveen, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1927)
• Alexander Gerard baron Quarles de Quarles, Bergen op Zoom,Gemeente Bergen op Zoom,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1930)
• Antje Jakobs Baas-, Gasselternijveenschemond, Nederland († 1942)
• Aafien Antje Fokkens, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1935)

• Aldegondis VANGLABBEEK (34), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Adriana van HAM (52), Strijen
• Adriana van der Ham (52), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Frankhujzen (41), Rotterdam
• Adriana Frankhuyzen (41), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dijkstra (0), Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jordens (64), Brecht
• Aaltje van der Knaap (10), Hazerswoude
• Aalt (Aald) Smit (55), Oldebroek, Gld, The Netherlands
• Andries Loos (55), Meppel

• 1839 » Sam Watkins, American soldier and author († 1901)
• 1852 » Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter († 1930)
• 1854 » Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada († 1937)
• 1865 » Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author († 1959)
• 1866 » George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker († 1923)
• 1869 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author († 1954)
• 1878 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician († 1957)
• 1880 » Mitchell Lewis, American actor († 1956)
• 1881 » Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright († 1960)
• 1892 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)

• 1810 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
• 1830 » George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1836 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)
• 1856 » Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)

• 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.
• May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• 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).
• 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 June 26, 1866 was about 27.1 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.