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• Aleida Derksen, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Boasson, Middelburg († 1872)
• Rodenhuis, Gemeente Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1865)
• Annie Sutton († 1959)
• Anne Maamme Hiemstra, Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albert Runyon
• Antje Bouwman, Zuidwending († 1891)
• Akke Piers Kramer, Finkum († 1927)
• Adriana Krullaars, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes\Ann Inkster, Fethaland, Northmavine, Shetland, Scotland († 1909)

• Arij van 't ZELFDE (58), Oudelande
• Anna Joannes van BEERS (57), Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Arij Dammisz van 't Zelfde (58), Oudelande
• Barbara van Dam (37), Beveren, Belgium
• Andries Hoiting (65), Groningen
• Breunis Mulder (62), Ede zie Gelderland-Ede
• Ann Elizabeth Whall (45), Basson's Kloof farm, Somerset East, Western Cape, South Africa
• Anne Thérèse Gevaert
• Breunis Mulder (62)
• Adam Nieuwkoop (51), Wijk en Aalburg

• 1852 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic († 1919)
• 1852 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish († 1921)
• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)
• 1882 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War († 1956)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

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. Aaltje
11. Grietje
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: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
• 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.
• December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

The temperature on May 31, 1865 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.