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• Adriaan Izaak de Bruijne, Zuidzande, Zeeland, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van Hove, Den Haag
• Anna Catharina Gerrits, Kessel, Nederland
• Alice Ryan, 0476,Kilpatrick District,Tipperary,Ireland
• Anna Augusta Henriette Louise Gertrude de Wit, Fort de Kock (Bugit Tinggi)
• Alexander Prins Vlangali-Handjeri, Manerbe, Normandië († 1867)
• Anna Johanna Elisabet Neehus
• Adolphus Desiderius Loontiens, Oostende, België
• Aaltje de Boer, Wapserveen
• Abraham Leenhouts, Zeeland, Ottawa, MI († 1956)

• Aaltje Beenes Ram (86), Weststellingwerf
• Adriana Bakker (39), Vlaardingen
• Adrianus Hart (65), Enkhuizen119
• Aleijdis van der Wel (62), Oudewater
• Aaltje Veerman (0), Piershil, Hoekse Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Raaij (52), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Beenes Ram (86), Munnekeburen, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alphonse Dieudonné Clemens Mommen (1), Oostham, Limburg, België
• Adriana Terlet (77), Delft, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Simons (29), Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1857 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America († 1940)
• 1860 » Elias M. Ammons, American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado († 1925)
• 1860 » Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia († 1922)
• 1863 » Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Russian general († 1919)
• 1866 » Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer († 1938)
• 1866 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator († 1943)
• 1867 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentinian astronomer († 1951)
• 1872 » Albert Sarraut, French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France († 1962)
• 1874 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic († 1945)
• 1879 » Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party († 1966)

• 1818 » Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1835 » Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
• 1842 » Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 » Joseph Bonaparte, French diplomat and brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 » Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 » Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 » George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)

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.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
• July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
• September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.

The temperature on July 28, 1866 was about 20.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.