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• Antonius Janssen, Angeren
• Anna Catharina Crooijmans, Beek en Donk, Nederland († 1959)
• (m) Wahl, Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Antonia Theresia Hendrika Cleophas, 's Gravenhage († 1865)
• Aimee Larcin, Bassily
• Alice Rosalie de Vos, Ceylon
• Anna Catharina Crooymans, Beek en Donk († 1959)
• Anna de Wijs, Princenhage, NL († 1938)
• Arie van Opzeeland, Haarlem († 1865)
• Aaltien Lensing, Anloo († 1865)

• Attje Vonk (1), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Heijme (69), Groessen (Duiven) 522
• "Constant" Ghislain de Kerchove de Denterghem (74), Gand, Belgique
• Adriana Cornelia van Lil (56), Poppel (Belgie)
• Aaltjen Egberts van Tongeren (76), Veessen, Nederland
• Abraham Jacobs Swart (76), Leeuwarden
• Antje EEUWEMA (24), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maple (64), Marion Co., Iowa, US
• Anne Pieters Boomsma (43), Dokkum
• Abraham Jacob Swart (76), Leeuwarden, the Netherlands

• 1854 » George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak († 1933)
• 1855 » Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman († 1908)
• 1857 » George E. Ohr, American potter († 1918)
• 1861 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator († 1906)
• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1863 » Paul Drude, German physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)

• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)

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 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
• March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on July 12, 1865 was about 15.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.