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• Adrianus Oskam, Bergambacht († 1868)
• Adriaan Schoute
• van der Giessen, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Albert Gorter, Hoogkerk († 1929)
• Anna Cornelia Vandenbergh, Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België († 1936)
• Albert William Surman, Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia († 1955)
• Alida Hendrika PETERS, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1868)
• Albertje van der Ploeg
• Alphioncius Vanroy, Lummen (B) († 1942)
• Adrianus (Arie) Kaandorp, Heiloo, Nederland († 1929)

• Anna Joukes Reneman (59), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna van Rumph (0), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Noteboom (69), Holten
• Anna van RUMPT (0)
• A(Antony) Luttikhuis (0), Reutum (Tubbergen)
• Anna Elisabeth Dubbelman (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Adolf Wijgmans (64), Heerde,Gelderland,Nederland
• Albert Geertman (44), Bergentheim
• Anna Maria van den Eijnden (1), Steenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Aaltje Elizabeth Diepenhorst (0), Ameide

• 1848 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer († 1896)
• 1855 » Isabella Ford, English author and activist († 1924)
• 1861 » József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter († 1927)
• 1863 » Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect († 1930)
• 1864 » William O'Connor, American fencer († 1939)
• 1865 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil († 1942)
• 1875 » Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist († 1966)
• 1882 » William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter († 1960)
• 1883 » Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1939)
• 1884 » Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer († 1965)

• 1815 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)
• 1841 » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)
• 1868 » Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)
• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)

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 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
• April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
• May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
• 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.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
• July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

The temperature on May 23, 1865 was about 22.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.