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• Angenita Hendrika Willekes, Utrecht (stad), Utrecht, Nederland († 1867)
• Anne Wybes Zijlstra, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Aaltje Hoogenberg, Makkinga
• Adriana van der Hoorn, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1950)
• Adriana van der Meer, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Adriana van der Hoorn, Ter Aar († 1950)
• Andrew J Bennett, Buford, Ohio, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Adriana Johanna Schilte, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Aleida Hermina Pol, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1883)
• Adriana Oostrum, Reeuwijk († 1866)

• "Pauline" Philippine Maximiliane von Ellrichshausen (39), Babstadt, Bad Rappenau, Allemagne
• Antonie Van Der Steen (50), Ridderkerk, Holland (South)s
• Aart van den Ent (71), Barwoutswaarder,Barwoudswaarder,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Adriana KAMSTEEG (49), Hardinxveld
• Antje Andries Wedzinga (0), Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• "Grietje" Jans Hulzinga (53), Oldeberkoop
• Agatha Maria Zuijdam (31), Delft,-
• Alphonsus de Roover (0), Betekom, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Antonie Westenberg (38), Meppel
• Alexander Graaf Ribeaupierre (82)

• 1855 » Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright († 1934)
• 1861 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta († 1940)
• 1863 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor († 1938)
• 1868 » Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic († 1956)
• 1870 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge († 1938)
• 1870 » Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa († 1950)
• 1874 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine († 1878)
• 1875 » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1961)
• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)

• 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)

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.
• April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
• June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
• June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.

The temperature on May 24, 1865 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.