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• Albertje de Graaf
• Albert Ibbenhorst, Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1940)
• Aafje Bakker, Bergen N.H († 1888)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Hamelers, Sint-Pieter, Maastricht († 1868)
• Aartje Tuinenburg, Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Antje Alles van der Wal, Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1909)
• Alfredo Américo de Souza Rangel, Brasil († 1924)
• Anna Maria Schutte, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Afonso Ract, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1947)
• Tijmes, Oostzaan, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Amelia Owens (34), Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia
• Anna Nelemans (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje van den Berg (24), Putten
• Alida van Rigteren (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Meesters (0), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Barbara Bakx (1), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van der Ende (0), Rijswijk
• Boudewina Ooms (72), kralingen
• Catharina Helena Oranje (0), Schiedam
• Cornelia Oostrum (50), Linschoten (Montfoort), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1852 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1928)
• 1855 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec († 1920)
• 1856 » Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor († 1924)
• 1857 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician († 1919)
• 1862 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator († 1925)
• 1866 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada († 1941)
• 1869 » Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor († 1957)
• 1875 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director († 1926)
• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)

• 1814 » Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)

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. Grietje
11. Aaltje
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.
• 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.
• May 1 » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
• 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.
• December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

The temperature on September 12, 1865 was about 11.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.