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• Antje Amse, Beverwijk, Gemeente Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Anna Pernille Karlsen Pedersen († 1944)
• Antje Klinkert, Oudkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsius van der Hooft, Graauw en Langendam († 1865)
• Antje Amse, Beverwijk, Netherlands († 1932)
• Aart Bos, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1933)
• Antonia Koopman, Zalk en Veecaten
• Aart Bos, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Alida Valentijn, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1866)
• Antje Broersma, Idsegahuizum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)

• Pater, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Jonker, s-Gravenzande
• Arend Jan van de Riet (9), notter
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• Agatha Apolonia Kalishoek (0), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Anthonie Oskam (57), Ruwiel
• Anna Cornelia Hoedelmans (Oerlemans, Oedelmans) (60), Bergen op Zoom
• Andries de Voest (49), Utrecht
• Antonie Oskam (57), Ruwiel
• Antje Westra (20), Metslawier, Nederland

• 1858 » Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat († 1942)
• 1859 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor († 1924)
• 1866 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1870 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician († 1949)
• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1872 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician († 1949)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)

• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

• 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.
• March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
• March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
• December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on February 1, 1865 was about 3.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.