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• Adriana van Bragt, Made en Drimmelen
• Amalia Jacoba Verloove, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ... van Heeckeren van Brandsenburg, Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode (bruxelles-Capitale),Brussels Capital Region,Belgique
• Adrianus Johannes Marinus Ockhuijsen, s Gravenhage († 1931)
• ALBERIC - JOSEPH VAN DAMME, Waregem, 870, Flandre occidentale, Belgique († 1916)
• Albéric Joseph Vandamme, Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1916)
• Alexander Josephus Hulstaert, Hoofdplaat († 1935)
• Alida Jaring, Den Helder († 1945)
• Albert Pol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1867)
• Albertha Elferink, Bathmen, Nederland († 1869)

• Annechien Meeuws Pestman (65), Kolham (Slochteren)
• Allegonda van den Akker (0), Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Anna Weijers (74), Etten
• Anna Catherine Elisabeth Wagemans (51), Susteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Roskamp (69), Papenburg. Emsland
• Annechien Mewes PESTMAN (65), Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Aartje Egbers (62), Wilnis, Nederland
• Benjamin Alston Hull (51), Marion County,, Flevoland, Nederland
• Anthony Sauer (35), Perry County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Christina van de Berckt (78), Heesch, NL

• 1853 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician († 1925)
• 1856 » John Singer Sargent, American painter and academic († 1925)
• 1863 » Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher († 1902)
• 1869 » Bhagwan Das, Indian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1958)
• 1873 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner († 1940)
• 1874 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer († 1963)
• 1876 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator († 1948)
• 1876 » Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government († 1950)
• 1876 » Jack London, American novelist and journalist († 1916)
• 1877 » Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago († 1934)

• 1829 » Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1833 » Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
• 1834 » William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1856 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)

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. Petronella
16. Elizabeth

• 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 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
• April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
• 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.
• November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

The temperature on January 12, 1865 was about 6.8 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.