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• Adriana Rijnberg († 1956)
• Aaltje Slagveld, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1867)
• Aaltje Werkman, Uithuizermeeden († 1908)
• Albert van Toornenburg, Appeltern († 1866)
• Albert Eugene Goldman, Pattie, Japara
• Johannes van den Besselaar, Berlicum
• Aaltje Huisman, Zaandijk († 1924)
• Agathe Johanna Elisabeth Beetz, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1915)
• Adonia Lins, Zarren
• Adriana van Trigt, 's Gravenzande († 1933)

• Bernardus Gerardus Maria van Houten (1), Heemstede
• * Cornelia Baars (1), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Berend Berent Kremers (57), Drouwenerveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arend Jacob Jalink (5), Wijhe (Hengeveld), Overijssel, Nederland
• Brand Jacobsen (Berend) Doornwaard (73), Oostbeek (Elburg)
• Anna Maria Mestrom (59), Linne
• Barendina Adriana Luijendijk (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adriana RIJNBENDE (79), strijen
• Arend Jacob Jalink (5), Hengeveld (gem. Olst-Wijhe)
• Berent Kremer (56), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1844 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1906)
• 1848 » E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist († 1909)
• 1857 » A. P. Lucas, English cricketer († 1923)
• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)

• 1810 » Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)

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. 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.
• 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 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
• July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
• November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on February 20, 1865 was about -0.8 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.