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• Aafke Asseurus Brandsma, Tjerkwerd († 1929)
• Abraham de Smidt, Breskens († 1936)
• Alberdina Johanna Frederika Cornelia Lindenhovius, Bangkalan, Madoera, Indonesië († 1872)
• Adriana van de Belt, Stoutenburg {UT}
• Aaltje Saa, Ambonia ( Indonsië) († 1914)
• Aan Hendriks Klazinga, Ferwerd († 1939)
• Adriaan op den Brouw, Ellemeet († 1938)
• Aafke Assuerus Brandsma († 1929)
• Aafke Smid, Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• Albertje Woltinge, Noord / Hoogeveen († 1935)

• Bonje Germsdr. Boon (74), Veendam
• Aaltje Lammerts Abbring (62), Zuidhorn
• DOODGEBOREN (0), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arie (van der Lee) Visee (77), Langbroek, Nederland
• Anne Marie KETTERLIN (67), Wahlbach (68130, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Berendina Steen (71), nordhorn (d)
• Alberdina Francina Lans (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Johannes Spierenburg (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberdina Francina Lans (1), Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barendina Maria de Koning (41), Den Haag

• 1865 » Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school († 1935)
• 1867 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator († 1915)
• 1868 » Charles Harvey Bollman, American naturalist († 1889)
• 1868 » Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher († 1941)
• 1869 » Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician († 1952)
• 1872 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player († 1927)
• 1875 » Émile Wegelin, French rower († 1962)
• 1877 » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic († 1979)
• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)
• 1879 » Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1952)

• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)

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. Aaltje
11. Grietje
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 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
• March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
• April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.

The temperature on December 24, 1865 was about -1.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.