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• Alida Johanna van Rossum, Amsterdam
• Bastiana van Loon, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Andriessen, Hilversum († 1867)
• Antje van Braak, Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands († 1868)
• Arie Willemsz de Jong, Katwijk († 1950)
• Allegonda Christina de Poot, Lith, Nederland
• Antje Pol, Aduard († 1952)
• Alida Gebbina - Adelheid Schnettberg, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Lehn, Cikó, Tolna, Hongrie († 1887)
• Arie den Hartog, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)

• van Zweden, Kloetinge
• Ambrosius Joannes AMPE (45), Hooglede Belgie
• Andries Hogensteijn (41), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ahlcke Margret Nehls (71), Ganderkesee, Oldenburg (D)
• Albert Siedses Bosch (69), Hallum
• Abram Harmanusz Hart (23), Noordzee
• * Jannigje Baars (0), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Andries Hogenstein (41), Westzaan
• Amanda Meiling
• Aaltje Quint (42), Breukelen-St. Pieters

• 1852 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1928)
• 1855 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec († 1920)
• 1856 » Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor († 1924)
• 1857 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician († 1919)
• 1862 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator († 1925)
• 1866 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada († 1941)
• 1869 » Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor († 1957)
• 1875 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director († 1926)
• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)

• 1814 » Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)

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 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
• 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.
• May 22 » Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms
• June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.

The temperature on September 12, 1866 was about 15.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.