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• Aaltje Jans Bijlsma, Benedenknijpe († 1899)
• Alida van Essen, Driebergen, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Moerings, Maastricht
• Anna Opperman, Goes (z) († 1934)
• Adriana Pietronella van Leeuwen, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Alberdina van Kampen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Kuebler, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, United States of America († 1924)
• Albert Tonnis' Wiersema, Garnwerd († 1943)
• Anna Elisabeth Goossens, Schinnen († 1956)
• Anna Elisabeth Goessens, Schinnen († 1956)

• Adriana Helena Moret (1), Numansdorp
• Adrianus Luisterberg, Halsteren (Bergen op Zoom), Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Alberts Voorhorst (79), Nijbroek, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Kratz Hunsberger (54)
• Alida Groenenberg (70), ,, Uitwijk, Nederland
• Ann Clevenger (57), Fulton County, Pennsylvania
• Albertus Kapper (4), Lonneker, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna van Es (0), Haarzuilens, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andrew Isbel Henshaw (39), Monroe County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Jan Kappers (59), Eschmarke, Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1852 » Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia († 1913)
• 1852 » Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist († 1918)
• 1854 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer († 1925)
• 1864 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1867 » Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic († 1948)
• 1868 » Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright († 1950)
• 1872 » Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra († 1957)
• 1875 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor († 1946)
• 1875 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer († 1966)
• 1877 » István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic († 1959)

• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)

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 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
• March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
• April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
• July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

The temperature on August 23, 1865 was about 14.4 °C. There was 31 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.