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• Antoinetta Westerveld, Appingedam, Eemsdelta, Groningen, Nederland († 1867)
• Brink, Hebelermeer, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1866)
• Antonius Jan van Eekelen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1921)
• Heijkoop, Rotterdam († 1866)
• Arend Jan Assink, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1944)
• Antje van 't Klooster, Soest († 1952)
• Anna Maria Brummel, Neukaunitz, Westfalen, Preussen
• Antonia Lucia Wittemans, Erps Kwerps, 3071, België
• Ama Trainer, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Bareld Meijer, Opende, Groningen, Netherlands († 1952)

• Aaltje de Vroege (34), Montfoort
• van der Velden, Veghel
• Aaltje VAN VELZEN (38), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje de Vroege (34), Montfoort
• Albert Ruiter (75), Vollenhove
• Abe Tjibbes (Tjebbes) Tolman (61), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Timmermans (37), Amersfoort
• Albertina Johanna Henriëtta Lycklama à Nijeholt (70), IJsselstein
• Adrianus Schoenmaekers (80), Wortel, Belgium
• Agnes Christine Albertine von Sayn-Wittgenstein (62)

• 1856 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time († 1915)
• 1860 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist († 1936)
• 1865 » Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator († 1936)
• 1868 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman († 1954)
• 1869 » Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar († 1943)
• 1870 » Trần Tế Xương a Vietnamese poet and satirist († 1907)
• 1872 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist († 1972)
• 1874 » Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania from 1919 to 1920 and from 1926 to 1940. († 1944)
• 1874 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States († 1964)
• 1877 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and author († 1944)

• 1839 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)

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.
• April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
• May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
• August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
• October 19 » In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto and Mantua to France, which immediately awards them to Italy in exchange for the earlier Italian acquiescence to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice.

The temperature on August 10, 1866 was about 14.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.