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• Adriaan Johannes Jacobus Bybau, Zonnemaire,Schouwen-Duiveland,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1946)
• Alexander Hutcheon, New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1942)
• Aloysius Medardus ( Callemeyn ) Callemyn, Oostende
• Ambrosius Wilhelmus, Maastricht († 1867)
• Anna Bosman, Schiedam
• Anna ten BERGE, Wolvega († 1943)
• Anna Helena NANNINGA († 1945)
• Adrianus van den Heiligenberg, Jutphaas, Nederland († 1939)
• Albertus Adolf de Munnik, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriaan van Dinter, Oss

• Albertus van Diemen (31), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus van Diemen (31), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Anna Jansdr HORDIJK (38), Poortugaal
• Antonij Swanink (37), Jutphaas
• Aaltje Sjamaar (69), 's-Gravenhage
• Antoine HIRTZLIN (67), Pfetterhouse (68480, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anna Matildis, Mechel, Mechtildis Rohe (74), Hilter, Lathen
• Abraham Abrahamse Goedbloed (79), Vrouwenpolder
• Alberta Kleijnmeijer (29), Avereest
• Adriana Schuurman Hess (32), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1850 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff († 1908)
• 1862 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1868 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1870 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor († 1935)
• 1876 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic († 1957)
• 1877 » Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient († 1959)
• 1878 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua († 1923)
• 1879 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist († 1985)
• 1883 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic († 1946)
• 1884 » Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer († 1957)

• 1816 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
• 1825 » Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
• 1826 » Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
• 1866 » John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)

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.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
• 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 5, 1866 was about 22.8 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.