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• Adrianus Stassen, Oude Tonge, Nederland († 1938)
• Angenietje Quispel, Abbenbroek († 1865)
• Adriaan van Loon, Reusel († 1868)
• Alexander Leopoldus Janssens, Stabroek-Antwerpen, België († 1901)
• Aaltje Tolsma, Barradeel
• Adolf Wessels, De Bilt († 1942)
• Anna Houwer, Steenwijk († 1951)
• Anna Krupa, Wronin (Gmina Polska Cerekiew, Powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski, Województwo Opolskie) († 1940)
• Aagje van den Berg, Steenwijk († 1865)
• Anje Bretman, Stitswerd (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1867)

• Alijdis Kronenburg (71), Odijk
• Aaltje Veenstra (0), Kollumerland en Nieuw Kruisland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Moorsel (6), Boekel
• Anne Elisabeth Veraghtert‏‎ (58), Olen, België
• Aaltje Klaas Jongjan (72), Binnenwijzend
• Alijda van Kronenburg (72), Odijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Verachtert (Veragtert) (58), Oolen
• Anna Maria Crabbé (35), Lubbeek Vl.Brabant
• Amand Marie Pierre CHEDEMAIL (10), Janzé, 35150, France
• Aloysius Jacobus Josephus Maria Lombaers (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1842 » Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer († 1918)
• 1848 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1907)
• 1852 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1868 » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player († 1949)
• 1869 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist († 1946)
• 1874 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1955)
• 1877 » Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist († 1936)
• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)
• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1885 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter († 1939)

• 1810 » Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 » Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 » Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1825 » Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)

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 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
• March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
• March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
• May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
• July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
• July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

The temperature on February 24, 1865 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.