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• Antje Groot, De Rijp, Nederland († 1954)
• Alphonsine Antoinette Mahieu, Boussu, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anthonie Pleune, Brouwershaven, Nederland († 1865)
• ANTONIUS ARIE VAN SPRONSEN, AMERSFOORT († 1944)
• Arendje Grootenboer, Sommelsdijk († 1946)
• Antonius Johannes Jongmans, Oudenbosch († 1869)
• Arendje Grootenboer, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Alida Plank, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Alexander Last, Michigan (USA) († 1937)
• * Gerard Krul, Geldermalsen († 1927)

• Adriaan Heijboer (45), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan de Rooij (39), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Wijnnobel (28), Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Auke Dirks HOEKSTRA (0), Oosterwierum
• Adriaantje (Ariens) Jaantje van Kleef (74), Gorinchem, Zd.Holland, Nederland
• Antje Freerks Sweers (60), North Grove/Illinois
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Ebben (1), Beugen en Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Maas (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna Catharina Swerts (7), Wellen, België
• Adrianus Claes (47), Overpelt

• 1852 » William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer († 1933)
• 1856 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general († 1942)
• 1860 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1865 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1867 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter († 1950)
• 1869 » Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator († 1936)
• 1869 » Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic († 1918)
• 1878 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer († 1949)
• 1879 » Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1964)

• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)

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.
• 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 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• 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.
• June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

The temperature on May 25, 1865 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.