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• Alice McCrystal, Mullaslin, Carrickmore, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1908)
• Anette Alphonso, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aaltje Willemina Kloet, Zierikzee († 1867)
• Aan Fokjes van der Wey, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adrianus Lazeroms, Oudenbosch († 1921)
• Adrianus Petrus Elias Galjaard, utrecht († 1867)
• Aaltje Willemina Kloet, Zierikzee (ZLD) († 1867)
• Alice Ann Vickers, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1937)
• Alexandrina Umbelina de Oliveira, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1942)
• Albertus Adolf de Munnik, Hardenberg, Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)

• Agnita Nuyen (70), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Knippenberg (85), Den Bosch
• Annegien Potze (34), Vlagtwedde
• Adriana Johanna Leppens (3), Gilze en Rijen
• Andries Reverda (0), Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Jacobsdr Keller (72), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Ansems (44), Lichtaart
• Adriana Margaretha Hofman (2), Delft
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth - Catharina Ostermann (73), Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Heijmans (7), Leiden

• 1853 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic († 1942)
• 1864 » Otto Erich Hartleben, German poet and playwright († 1905)
• 1864 » Ransom E. Olds, American businessman, founded Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company († 1950)
• 1865 » George V of the United Kingdom († 1936)
• 1866 » George Howells Broadhurst, English-American director and manager († 1952)
• 1873 » Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and psychobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1877 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator († 1953)
• 1879 » Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter († 1945)
• 1879 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and botanist († 1940)
• 1879 » Vivian Woodward, English footballer and soldier († 1954)

• 1858 » Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1861 » Stephen A. Douglas, American lawyer and politician, 7th Secretary of State of Illinois (b. 1813)
• 1865 » Okada Izō, Japanese samurai (b. 1838)
• 1875 » Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1877 » Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1894 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
• 1902 » Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)

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 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• July 20 » Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
• 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 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.

The temperature on June 3, 1866 was about 29.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%.