About the day » Thursday December 28, 1865Calender converter

• Verdoold, Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Spierenburg, Tiel († 1942)
• Albert Broekmaat, Diepenveen († 1935)
• Alida van der Lans, Lisse, ZUI, Nederland
• Adriana Willemina van Spierenburg, Tiel († 1942)
• Jagt, Odoornerveen (Odoorn)
• Aaltje Bilema, Den Andel, Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida van Doorn, 's-Graveland († 1912)
• Sleddens, Vessem
• Aaltje Fiat, Sint-Annen gem. Ten Boer

• Johannes Franciscus Huijpen (0), Oudenbosch
• Aagje Schrieken (38), Zijpe
• Aart van de Brink (20), Oldebroek,Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafje Steenhoek (0), Oud-Beijerland
• Aarnout Hollebrandse (81), Zoutelande
• Adrianus Van Ginhoven, Ravels
• Aagje Schrieken (37), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• van der Werf (0), Scherpenisse
• * Adriana (1) Snijders (0), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Aarnoud (Florusse) Hollebrandse (81), Zoutelande, Nederland

• 1842 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer († 1891)
• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

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.
• January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
• April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
• May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
• November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
• December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks

The temperature on December 28, 1865 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.