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• Anna Davelina Masthoff, Delft,Gemeente Delft,South Holland,Netherlands († 1942)
• Aaltje van Sluiters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL († 1944)
• Aleida Vehof, Zeldam (Ambt Delden) († 1954)
• Angela Adeleid Robben, Dankern, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Amy Jane Wiggill, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Abraham Voogd, Mathenesse († 1866)
• Adriana Cornelia Raaymakers, Wouw, Noord Brabant
• Moerkerk, Dirksland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1866)
• Adriana Alida Maria Mineur, Rotterdam
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• Adriaantje (Cats) Kaster (74), Zierikzee (74jr)
• Berendina van de Worp (32), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Versteeg (29), Brakel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes van Vogelpoel (56), Culemborg
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• Camillus Cyrillus VANLERBERGHE (0), Beerst, 8600, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriaantje Kaster (74), Zierikzee, Zeeland, NL
• Bernard De Koninck (41), Berchem-Sainte-Agathe,, Brussel-Hoofdstad, België
• Anna Cornelia Vervest (34), Hoogeloon
• Anna Maria Heijs (31), Berghem

• 1849 » Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat († 1910)
• 1858 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist († 1934)
• 1870 » Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist († 1965)
• 1871 » Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company († 1948)
• 1872 » Albert C. Campbell, American popular music singer († 1947)
• 1873 » Fred Stone, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1878 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines († 1944)
• 1881 » George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor († 1955)
• 1881 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd († 1954)
• 1883 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company († 1971)

• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)

• 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.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• March 27 » President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
• July 20 » Austro-Prussian War: Battle of Lissa: The Austrian Navy, led by Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, defeats the Italian Navy near the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.
• 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 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

The temperature on August 19, 1866 was about 20.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.