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• Antonetta Voorbraak, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Agatha Johanna Struik, Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Helena Louisa van Elewyck, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1896)
• Anna Martha Feer van der, Sneek, Fr, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Catharina Koch, Niendorf, Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Duitsland
• Arisje Stomphorst, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)
• Aaltje Gerrits Regeling, Meppel
• Aaltje Termeer, Avezaath
• Antonetta van Dongen, Princenhage († 1954)
• Anna Warmerdam, Hillegom († 1884)

• Cornelia Margarita Arkestein (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Uitterlinden (1), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Antje Roels Visser (57), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Barend Berkelaar (43), IJzevoorde (Doetinchem)
• Barend Berkelaar (43), IJzevoorde gem. Doetinchem Gld. NL
• Adriaan van Bijnen (55), Udenhout
• Antje Roels Visser (58), Boornbergum
• Cornelis Uitterlinden (1), 's Gravendeel, Nederland
• Cornelia Margarita Arkestein (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Geertrui ten Tusschede (2), Amsterdam

• 1854 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1934)
• 1857 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic († 1932)
• 1866 » Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist († 1912)
• 1868 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic († 1918)
• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)

• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)

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.
• January 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
• January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
• 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.
• April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
• October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

The temperature on November 17, 1865 was about 10.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.