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• Albertus Jacobus JOODE, de, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1866)
• (Stillborn) LEEGSTRA, Burum Friesland Netherlands († 1866)
• Age Boorsma, Wonseradeel († 1885)
• Albert G. Stephan, Canton, Stark, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1955)
• Adriana Anthonia van der Sprong, Haastrecht († 1945)
• Adriaantje van Beurden, Ammerzoden († 1938)
• Aloisius Link, Haarlemmermeer († 1917)
• Agatha van den Oever, Nieuwmarkt, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1934)
• * Adriaantje van Beurden, Well
• Anna Folkerts, Grijpskerk

• Alijda Roskam (40), Kampen
• Anna Caroline GEERTS, Haubourdin,Nord-Pas-de-Calais (F)
• Anna Coleta Verbraeken (25), Lier, België
• Aleida Roskam (40), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonie van Bockel (51), ´s-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Reinders Wieringa (53), Godlinze, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie van Boekel (51), Empel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Theodora van Gaasbeek (26), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aldegonda Elisabeth van der Zanden (0), Mierlo
• Aaltje de Weeme (51)

• 1853 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic († 1902)
• 1859 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1952)
• 1867 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach († 1918)
• 1870 » Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer († 1950)
• 1871 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales († 1934)
• 1876 » Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician († 1970)
• 1876 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia († 1934)
• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)
• 1887 » Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1967)

• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)

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.
• February 16 » Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
• February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
• April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
• May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• 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 4, 1866 was about 12.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.