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• Alphonsus Ludovicus Hubertus Vossen, Waltwilder, België
• Aaltje VAN LANGENDOEN, Brielle, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Deen, noordbarge
• Agatha Brockhus, Schiedam,- († 1922)
• Adriana Lepoeter, Kapelle, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Langendoen, Brielle
• Alida Kloos, Rotterdam († 1867)
• Aaltje van den Bosch, Putten († 1873)
• Adrianus Burger, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Alexander de DIJCKER, Hontenisse (Zeeland) (NL) († 1865)

• Tjepkema (0), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Baggerman (1), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta van Tintelen, Eck en Wiel, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Kleeff (0), Montfoort
• Anna Maria Klok (1), Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België
• Anke Jacobs Bakker (74), Onstwedde
• Arjanna Jantina de Vries (0), Schiedam
• Alida Ellermeijer (22), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antke Jacobs Bakker (74), Onstwedde, Nederland
• Anne Marie Holler (31), Tonawanda, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)

• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)

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.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
• April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
• April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
• 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.
• December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

The temperature on May 16, 1865 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.