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• Almira Emerette Goodwin, Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, United States of America († 1924)
• Almira Emerette Ashworth, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1924)
• Antje Langereis, Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Antonius Deliën, Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Gerrit Theodorus de Vlieg, Bodegraven († 1939)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Egglij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Plu, Leiden († 1946)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Davidus Höppener, Krimpen aan de IJssel († 1867)
• Amanda Elizabeth Whisenhunt, Waldron (Scott County), Arkansas († 1943)
• Alberdina Johanna Kornelisd Doorn, Zwolle († 1906)

• Aaltien Arents Pol (60), Meppel
• Adriana van Leeuwen (22), Barwoutswaarder
• Adrianus Paulus Timmermans (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kerstens (29), Zegwaart
• Adriana de Blaauw (50), Utrecht, Nederland
• (1) Cornelia Gerarda Polman (30), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Abraham Jacobus Vernee (56), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagjen Vos (42), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Tiemens Klomp (74), Dedemsvaart
• Aaron Walters, free 'Broxbornebury' 1814 (82), McDonald River 4756 82 years

• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)
• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

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.
• April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
• June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
• July 25 » The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank.
• September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.

The temperature on July 2, 1866 was about 18.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.