About the day » Wednesday January 18, 1865Calender converter

• Adriaan Huisman, Ilpendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Alewijn van Akkeren, Vlissingen
• Anna Pilage, Dedemsvaart († 1889)
• Anna Theodora Krebbers, Huissen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Anna Theodora Krebbers, Huissen († 1942)
• Adriana Meijers, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Eijnden, Gemert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1938)
• Albertus Lucassen, Drempt († 1866)
• Aaltje de Haan, Rouveen († 1941)
• Adriaan Cornelis Hendriks, Goirle († 1919)

• Adrianus (Adriaan) van der Pol (59), Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Droppert (0), Vlaardingen
• Antje Koppenol (1), Naaldwijk
• Antje Koppenol (1), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje BEETS (71), Wijdewormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Ogidius Adrianus van bergen (35), Rossum
• Anne Marie Cuijpers ongehuwd (59), Sint Odiliënberg, Lim, Nederland
• Aagje Pieters Beets (71), Wijdewormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Ooijen (28), Princenhage
• Anna Christina REPRIELS (38), Mechelen aan de Maas (Maasmechelen)

• 1850 » Seth Low, American academic and politician, 92nd Mayor of New York City († 1916)
• 1853 » Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker († 1900)
• 1854 » Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell († 1934)
• 1856 » Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist († 1931)
• 1867 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1916)
• 1868 » Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)

• 1803 » Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)

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 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
• May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
• June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
• July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
• November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

The temperature on January 18, 1865 was about 3.4 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.