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• Aaltje den Braver, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Aletta Diepeveen, Nijmegen († 1934)
• "Anna" Johanna Walpurga Theresia Antonia Huberta Maria Droste zu Vischering, Wasserschloss Darfeld, Rosendahl, Allemagne († 1957)
• * Antonie (Anton) van der Lee, Vlijmen († 1942)
• Anna Maria Louisa van der linden, Heemstede († 1944)
• Alida van DAM, Bergschenhoek
• Aaltje Hof, Dwingelo (Leggeloërveld), Nederland († 1900)
• Anna Petronella Kleijn, 's-Gravenhage († 1948)
• Aaltje den Braver, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1866)
• Anna maria Diepeveen, Nijmegen

• Aaltje Slingerland (36), Mijdrecht
• Abram Cornelisz Vreeswijk (30), Leiden
• Adriana Nederlof (10), Sliedrecht
• Alida Sophia de Leur (14), Jutphaas, Nederland
• Adriana RIETVELD (84), Mijdrecht (NL/UT)
• van Haeften (0), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Beenen (73), Posterholt
• Adriana Nederlof (10), Sliedrecht
• Aleijda Welles, Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Akke Heeres Poelsma (55), Leeuwarden

• 1848 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian economist and sociologist († 1923)
• 1850 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint († 1917)
• 1852 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor († 1920)
• 1858 » Emmeline Pankhurst, English political activist and suffragist († 1928)
• 1864 » Marie Tempest, English actress and singer († 1942)
• 1865 » Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Anglo-Irish businessman and publisher, founded the Amalgamated Press († 1922)
• 1865 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist († 1945)
• 1867 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer († 1936)
• 1871 » Doppo Kunikida, Japanese journalist, author, and poet († 1908)
• 1880 » Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician († 1950)

• 1828 » Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
• 1839 » Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet and politician (b. 1802)
• 1844 » Claude Charles Fauriel, French philologist and historian (b. 1772)
• 1851 » Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
• 1857 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1858 » Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)

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.
• January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
• March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
• 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 July 15, 1866 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.