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• (Stillborn) TOUTENBURG, Rauwerderhem Friesland Netherlands († 1865)
• Adriana Louise Lorentz, Ajung, Jember (N.O.I.) († 1918)
• Alberdina Mein, Oudeschans, Groningen, Nederland († 1906)
• Adriana Maartje Knegt, IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Albert Albers, westenesch († 1907)
• Adriana Maartje Knegt, Ijsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Adrians Heemskerk, Rijnsburg († 1918)
• Albert Albers, Westenesch (gem. Emmen) († 1907)
• ambroise ferdinand GALLEZ, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Aagje Haan, Wijdewormer († 1931)

• Anna Cornelia Vermunt (71), Hoeven
• Albert Geertman (42), Den Ham
• Adrianus Vrijlandt (68), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jansen (77), IJzervoorde (Doetinchem)
• Aart Arnoldus Schelle (0), Meeuwen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van der Kwast (67), Bleiswijk, Nederland
• Antje Rietveld (1), Woerden
• Anna Maria Jansen * (39), Frederiksoord
• Anna Maria Jansen (39), Frederiksoord
• ? DOMANCHIN (0), Rieux (Montmirail)

• 1848 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic († 1935)
• 1848 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright († 1917)
• 1856 » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia († 1920)
• 1866 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager († 1940)
• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)
• 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)

• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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.
• February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
• 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 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
• July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

The temperature on February 16, 1865 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.