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• (.) Hoekstra, Katlijk, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 1865)
• Aart OOREBEEK († 1866)
• Adrianus van Viegen, Amerongen († 1925)
• Meijs, Hulsberg, LI, Netherlands († 1865)
• Aldegonde Brouckmans, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België
• Aimé Léonard Edouard RABAT, Esquelbecq... Hauts de France († 1931)
• Andries Loos, Kampen († 1942)
• Adriana Christina Platell, Delft († 1866)
• Alida Pronk, Warmenhuizen († 1945)
• Alberdina van der Molen, Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1921)

• Anna Christina Eckhart (70), Ommerschans
• (1) Brouwer, Hilversum
• Anna Maria Schmidegg van Sár-Ladány (84), Mosdos, Somogy, Z.W.-Hongarije
• Albert Fietje (75), Onstwedde
• Albert Klaassens Vietje (75), Stadskanaal
• Aaldert Eikelboom (6), Hoogeveen (buurtschap Schut)
• Anastasia SCHOETSAERT (51), Wetteren
• Aagje Speijers (71), Ellecom, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Ananias Roodenburg (67), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Lumina van der Kraats (3), Gouda {ZH}

• 1855 » Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet and author († 1886)
• 1856 » Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic († 1915)
• 1856 » Mathias Zdarsky, Czech-Austrian skier, painter, and sculptor († 1940)
• 1857 » Robert Bond, Canadian politician; first Prime Minister of Newfoundland († 1927)
• 1860 » William Ashley, English historian and academic († 1927)
• 1865 » Andranik, Armenian general († 1927)
• 1866 » Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician († 1952)
• 1869 » Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician († 1940)
• 1873 » Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. († 1921)
• 1877 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1935)

• 1822 » William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (b. 1764)
• 1841 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)
• 1850 » Daoguang Emperor of China (b. 1782)
• 1852 » Thomas Moore, Irish poet and lyricist (b. 1779)
• 1865 » Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
• 1870 » Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1877 » Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
• 1878 » Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
• 1899 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)

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.
• March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
• April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
• 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.
• November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
• November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.

The temperature on February 25, 1865 was about 2.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.