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• Agnes Bergmans, Gerdingen
• Adriana Hendrica Nagtzaam, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1904)
• Alida van Staveren van Staveren, Haarlemmermeer, NH, Nederland († 1938)
• Aagje Rijsdijk, IJsselmonde († 1945)
• Anna Maria Pitten, Kuchenheim († 1935)
• Agatha Gerarda van Holk, Zaandam († 1921)
• Anna van Rigteren, Zaandam († 1902)
• Alida van Staveren, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Agatha Gerarda van HOLK, Zaandam († 1921)
• Adriana Hendrika Nagtzaam, Standdaarbuiten

• Antoon SMEETS (95), Broekhuizen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Quaadvliet (76), Helvoirt (Haaren), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Asa Leonard (36), Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Aloys Debruyne (0), Klerken
• Aart van Kesteren (62), ,, Barneveld, Nederland
• Antje Lamberts Velting, Leek, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
• Barta Cornelia Ellens (1), Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Adriana Quaedvliet (76), Helvoirt
• Arnold Kohl (62), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Quaedvliet (76), Helvoirt

• 1851 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic († 1932)
• 1852 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician († 1921)
• 1855 » Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1930)
• 1857 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer († 1922)
• 1860 » René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer († 1945)
• 1861 » Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author († 1897)
• 1864 » William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic († 1934)
• 1866 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal († 1931)
• 1869 » Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright († 1951)
• 1878 » Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright († 1934)

• 1825 » Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757)
• 1829 » Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)
• 1833 » Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)
• 1838 » José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)
• 1860 » James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)

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.
• March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
• July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.

The temperature on April 6, 1865 was about 8.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.