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• Adrianus Johannes Kolster, Hellevoetsluis († 1911)
• Adrianus Drijvers, Vlijmen, Nederland († 1942)
• Tiggeler, Enschede († 1865)
• Albert Heijn, Oostzaan († 1945)
• Adeline Alice Johnson *, Bear Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1950)
• Aaltien Gommer, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1925)
• Abraham Huijer, Zijpe, gem Schagen, NH, Nederland († 1934)
• Adrianus van der Heijden, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant († 1914)
• Nillissen, Malden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1865)
• Albert Jans Heijn, Oostzaan († 1945)

• Nillissen (0), Malden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augustinus Wanten (78), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina van Gool (0), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje van der Stok (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Barthlomeus Frans (34), Japara, Koedoes, Semarang, Ned. Indie
• Adriaan van Rulo, Boxtel, NL
• Anke Sjirks Jousma (0), Winsum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Rakt, Oss
• Adriaan van der Rakt, Oss
• Albert Fidder (10), Kampen

• 1858 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer, actor, and journalist († 1918)
• 1865 » Charles W. Clark, American singer and educator († 1925)
• 1872 » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor († 1921)
• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)

• 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
• 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1819 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1744)
• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)

• 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.
• March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
• April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
• 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.
• 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 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
• December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

The temperature on October 15, 1865 was about 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.