About the day » Monday January 2, 1865Calender converter

• Adriana Snoeren, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1897)
• Adriaan Kuijper Boone, Cortgene
• Albert Scholten, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 1888)
• (Gerhardus) Bartolomaeus Bartels, Emmerich (Dtsl) († 1935)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Vliet, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adrianus Gijsbert Sneep, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1945)
• Alberdina Hiddink, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1901)
• Alberta Maria Ruiter, Raalte († 1897)
• Adriana Maria Lauwerijssen, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Alma Augusta Then Bergh, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands († 1935)

• Abigje Annes Fortuin (25), Hemelumer Oldefaert, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• AALTJE VAN 't VOORT (54), Scherpenzeel
• Aartje van Essen (39), Kootwijkerbroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Smits (66), Tilburg
• Griffioen (0), Zuilen
• Andrieske Andriesdr. Postma (74), Oostdongeradeel
• Andrieske Andries (Aukje, Andersche Anders, Andriesje Andries, Andrijsje Andrijs) Postma (Posma, Postmus) (74), Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jelderda (52), Kortgene gem. Nrd. Beveland Zld. Nederland
• Ann Kings (82), St George the Martyr Southwark, Surrey, England
• Anna Theetaert (61), Snellegem, Belgium

• 1857 » M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist († 1935)
• 1860 » Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer († 1931)
• 1860 » William Corless Mills, American historian and curator († 1928)
• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

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 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
• April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
• December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

The temperature on January 2, 1865 was about -6.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.