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• Adrianus van den Heuvel, Uden († 1954)
• Annechien Dussel, Paterswolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Nijs, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Albert Hulstein, Epe († 1946)
• Adriana van Gompel, Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1896)
• Adrianus van den Heuvel, Uden († 1954)
• de Jong, Zwolle, Nederland († 1927)
• Anna Albertine Agnes Andrau, Batavia († 1929)
• Anna Agnes Albertine Andrau, Batavia, Java, Nederlands Indië († 1929)
• Aloijsius Jesoirens, Overslag, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1957)

• Adriana VOGEL (1), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ?? Zoutendijk (0), Pijnacker
• Adriana Christina van WOUDENBERG (60), Amerongen (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Antonia Johanna van Reem (2), Arnhem
• Adrianus Franciscus Roomer (62), Utrecht
• Adrianus Franciscus Fredericus Roomer (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Elisabeth PLEVOETS (81), Nieuwerkerken, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Albertina Johanna Laman (64)
• bastiaantje willemina VILLERIUS (31), pernis
• Andreas Verzin (105)

• 1855 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales († 1922)
• 1856 » Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician († 1904)
• 1858 » Arthur Achleitner, German author († 1927)
• 1860 » Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author († 1887)
• 1860 » Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer († 1938)
• 1862 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1864 » Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette († 1917)
• 1865 » Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist († 1962)
• 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)

• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)

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.
• 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.
• July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
• July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
• August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
• October 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.
• December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

The temperature on August 16, 1866 was about 13.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.