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• Adriaan Theodoor Aloijsius Maria VISSERS, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Christiaan Willemse, Utrecht († 1930)
• Anna Westerman, Oudezijl, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 1948)
• Adrianus DOORN, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1939)
• Alberdiena Slager, Stedum
• Adriana Berckenkamp, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 1866)
• Anna Catharina Stockermans, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Antje Fokkes Spoor, Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)
• Alida van Weeren, Leiden
• Adrianus Theodorus Aloijsius Maria Vissers, Eindhoven

• Aafje Cornelia Stapper (52), Aarlanderveen
• Aagje Tas (46), Woerden
• Aagje HAREMAKER (5), Koog aan De Zaan, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Tas (46), Woerden
• Albert Wevers (72), Eibergen, Berkelland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberdiena Wouters (77), Woerden
• Adriana Pietronella Van Leeuwen (0), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Boer (35), Rotterdam
• Lena Platdijk (86), Sint Annaland
• Abraham van Oosten (45), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1839 » Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive († 1916)
• 1853 » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic († 1920)
• 1868 » Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright († 1944)
• 1870 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player († 1939)
• 1871 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)
• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)

• 1845 » Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
• 1878 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

• 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.
• April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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 July 17, 1866 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.