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• Albert van de Beek, Heerde (buurtschap Hoorn)
• Albertus ten Haaft, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Mechtilda Wagemans, Uedem (D) († 1934)
• Aaltje van Ginkel, Putten († 1871)
• Anna Cornelia Maria Jacoba Duijster, Stad Delden (Leiden-Zh) († 1947)
• Anna Maria Loomans, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Adriana Vriends, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Laughlin Smith, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States († 1895)
• Adrianus Dieten van, zeist († 1957)
• Alton Vanderzee Rowe († 1867)

• Aaltje van 't Hof (12), Spanbroek
• Adriana Kanters (76), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriana van de Voorde (77), Zierikzee
• Adriana Kanters (75), Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van 't Hof (12), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Gertruda (Geertruida) Jacobs (28), Kerkrade
• Adam van Dueren den Hollander (0), Dinteloord
• Aagje Strijdveen (44), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adam van Dueren den Hollander (0), Dinteloord
• Adriaantje Abrahamsdr Naaktgeboren (68), 's Gravendeel,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1854 » Herman Bavinck, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and academic († 1921)
• 1856 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal († 1920)
• 1860 » Lucien Guitry, French actor († 1925)
• 1864 » Emil Seidel, American woodcarver and politician, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee († 1947)
• 1867 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author († 1917)
• 1870 » Edward LeSaint, American actor and director († 1940)
• 1871 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author († 1945)
• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)

• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Dirk
12. Adrianus
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Antje
14. Trijntje
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.
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
• April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
• May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
• June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
• November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

The temperature on December 13, 1865 was about -3.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.