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• Alida Krook, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Alida Wilhelmina Elisabeth Harloff, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Aarentjen ter Wal, Amsterdam († 1935)
• Alfons Cyrille Vanneste, Beselare West-Vlaanderen België († 1953)
• Akke Minzes Vries, Drogeham († 1927)
• Aalbertje de Kleuver, Wageningen {GE} († 1895)
• Son van, Joanna, Vlijmen, aktenr. 19 († 1869)
• Alfons Cyrille Van Neste, Beselare West-Vlaanderen († 1953)
• Anna M Suess († 1941)
• Adriaan Noordijk, Sint-Annaland, Nederland († 1945)

• Aafje Oudejans (53), Edam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Albert Visscher (1), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aldegonda Loose (63), Zevenbergen
• Aaltje Bartelds (7), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Jansen van Rosendaal (0), Axel, Zeeland, NL
• Aarjen Stadig (78), Den Oever
• ten Caat (0), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Anthonij Wisse (68), Vlissingen, Z, The Netherlands
• Aaltien ZEUBRING (10), Borger, Drenthe, NEDERLAND
• Aaltje Berends van der Kamp (55), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1848 » Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1854 » Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman († 1902)
• 1861 » Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany († 1922)
• 1862 » Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet († 1922)
• 1864 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1941)
• 1864 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter († 1929)
• 1874 » Thomas J. Watson, American businessman († 1956)
• 1877 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician († 1932)
• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)

• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

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.
• April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
• 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.
• November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
• December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

The temperature on February 17, 1865 was about 1.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.