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• Adrianus Petrus Janssen, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• ANNA JOHANNA GROENEBERG, Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltje van Veenen, Oostellingwerf († 1872)
• Anna Maria Zacht, Loon op Zand († 1865)
• Anna Johanna dv Hendricus en Anthonia Verkuijl Groenenberg, Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Geertrui van de Wardt, Opheusden (Neder Betuwe), Gelderland, NL († 1934)
• Adriana van Ek, Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Veldhuis († 1865)
• Alexander Bartholomeus Steven Maria Graaf Erdöd van Monyorókerék-Monoszló, Hlohovec (Freistadt), West-Slowakije († 1940)
• Alexandre Erdödy de Monyorokerek-Monoszlo († 1940)

• Aaltjen Vrijhof
• Annigje Hendriks Brand Stoelwinder (75), Gorredijk, Nederland
• bastiaan van der VLIES (62), sliedrecht
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• Aafke Takens (0), Obergum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amalia Clary van Aldringen (60), Telc (Teltsch), Moravië, Tsjechië
• Adam Leonard Lindenhovius (19), Ommerschans
• Bonna Wilhelmina Stork (0), Wijhe
• Adrianus Ruijgrok (33), Zoeterwoude
• Amélie de Clary et Aldringen (60)

• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)
• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)

• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)

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 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
• March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
• 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.
• May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
• June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.

The temperature on August 24, 1865 was about 17.4 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.