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• Aart Aartsma, Berlikum, Friesland, Nederland († 1940)
• Albert Veldman, Lutten († 1886)
• Alberta Maten, Veessen (Gem. Heerde)
• Aaltje Schavemaker, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kramer, Heerenveen, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries de Wit, Amersfoort
• Geertje Spek, Kamerik († 1962)
• Aletta Sophia PRETORIUS
• Abraham Levi Frankenhuis, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1935)
• Adriana Bakker, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• Andrew S Hyshman (77), Jackson Township, Harrison County, Indiana, United States
• Adriana Maria van Dun (60), Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Wisse (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Catherine Keesling (69), Wythe, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Charlotte Ann Wilkinson (77), Middlesex
• Antje Schaafsma (0)
• Adriana Maria van Dun (60), Chaam
• Adriana Cornelia Keukelaar (0), Biervliet, Nederland
• Benjamin Shoemaker (74), Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States
• Antje van Hulten (41), Groningen

• 1849 » Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization († 1923)
• 1860 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland († 1940)
• 1867 » Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi († 1942)
• 1869 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist († 1946)
• 1871 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist († 1930)
• 1872 » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1874 » J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician († 1942)
• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)

• 1833 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)

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.
• February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
• March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
• March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
• May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
• December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on July 29, 1865 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.