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• Agatha Brockhus, Schiedam,- († 1922)
• Adrianus Burger, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Abraham Lincoln Kilpatrick, Woodland, Barry, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• , Otterlo (Ede) († 1865)
• Alida Kloos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• (l.l.) Post, Delft, Turfmarkt († 1865)
• Alphonsus Ludovicus Hubertus Vossen, Waltwilder, België
• Alexander John Melrose, Rosebank, South Australia, Australia († 1944)
• Aaltje Brons, Wagenborgen (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1929)
• Alphonsius Ludovicus Hubertus Vossen, Waltwilder

• Alberta van Tintelen, Eck en Wiel, Nederland
• Ariaantje van Beest (0), Westbroek, Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Tjepkema (0), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberta van Tintelen (0), Eck en Wiel, Nederland
• Anna Paans (21), Capelle
• adriana DUIJVELAAR (57), piershil
• Berend Jacobs () Lamfers (72), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Jans Schiere (71), Alkmaar
• Adriaan van der Weel (45), Zierikzee
• Anna Jans Schiere (71), Alkmaar

• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)

• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)

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 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• 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.
• December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on May 16, 1865 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.