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• Anna Adriana Meerburg, Katwijk aan Zee
• Adriani Johannes van der Velde, Wildervank († 1948)
• Alexander graf Pálffy von Erdöd († 1925)
• Adriaantje Peterke Hoeflake, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1920)
• Anna Catharina SCHELLEKENS, Oudenbosch (N.Br. Nl)
• , DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Baukes van Dijk, Marrum († 1935)
• Aaltje Aaltje Baukes van Dijk, Marrum (Ferwerderadeel) († 1935)
• Anna Koldenhof, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amalia Wesselina Kraaijenbrink, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1919)

• Adriaan Van den Eynde (70), Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anje Egges (0), Westerlee gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Aaltje Cornelis (Antje) Plomp (82), Zegveld
• Adrianus Goudkade (0), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Harmensz Schaap (12), Huizen
• Aafke Symons Swart (79), Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Schaap (12), huizen
• Antje van Geest (29), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alderijntje de Haan (43), Woerden,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Briggeman (0), oostvoorne, Nederland

• 1856 » Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1941)
• 1857 » Fred Archer, English jockey († 1886)
• 1858 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges († 1947)
• 1859 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India († 1925)
• 1864 » Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician († 1946)
• 1867 » Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic († 1927)
• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)
• 1872 » G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)

• 1824 » Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736)
• 1836 » John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)

• 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 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
• June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
• June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.

The temperature on January 11, 1865 was about 4.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.