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• Adriana Hartingsveld, Heerjansdam († 1935)
• Abijah John Dee Columbus Howton, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States († 1930)
• Alida Christina Hogeweg, Utrecht
• Tros, Hoorn († 1865)
• Aaltje Jozeph, Musselkanaal (NL) († 1942)
• Aldert van Olphen, Frederiksoord, Vledder, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1949)
• Aaltje Boven, Oostwold gemeente Oldambt Groningen († 1941)
• Albertus Hanskamp, Doesburg
• Aaltje Snel, Besthmen († 1937)
• Alfred Florent VAN COPPENOLLE, Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1945)

• Adriana van der Scheer, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Uneken, Dalen, Nederland
• Beth Eggink (69), benthuizen
• Antonius Jacobus Imming (0), Obdam
• Alida(1) Smitskamp (0), Utrecht
• Arthur Joseph Cornelis Duym (1), St-Niklaas
• Anthonie van der Werff (0), Scherpenisse
• Amanda S. Jarvis (0), Rockbridge County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Keizer (21), Groningen
• Augustus Maria Dumarey (1), Gistel

• 1849 » Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician and academic († 1915)
• 1857 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic († 1894)
• 1857 » Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association († 1941)
• 1860 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary († 1939)
• 1863 » Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic († 1943)
• 1864 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright († 1910)
• 1874 » Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire († 1951)
• 1876 » Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist († 1938)
• 1879 » Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1880 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete († 1930)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

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.
• January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
• April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
• May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
• 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.
• July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
• July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.

The temperature on February 22, 1865 was about -0.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.