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• anna catharina kusters, nederweert († 1940)
• Abraham van Hulst, Oostvoorne († 1866)
• Alfred William Esler, Victoria, Australia († 1924)
• Alberdina Oosterbroek, Nijbroek, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberta Verheij, 's-Gravenhage († 1944)
• Anna Maria Moonen, Oud en Nieuw Mathenesse
• Adriana Wor, Sliedrecht († 1943)
• Amélie Marie VANDEMOORTELE, Menen, 34027, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1927)
• Vreugde, Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1865)
• Aafje Feijer, Lutten († 1866)

• Adriaan Tolenaers (78), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adrianus van Heeswijck (58), Helmond
• Anna Maria Numans (91), Utrecht
• Arie Prins (0), Sliedrecht
• Anna MEESTERS (62)
• Adrianus van Heeswijk (58), Helmond
• Anna Maria do Couto Pedrosa (52), Sermonde, Portugal
• Antonius Ludovicus Caytan (65), Roeselare, 8800, West Vlaanderen
• Bonna Harms Witkop (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland NL
• Catharina Brummel (63), Borne

• 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
• 1859 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto († 1917)
• 1860 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1860 » Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1904)
• 1861 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company († 1938)
• 1861 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland († 1944)
• 1863 » Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer († 1935)
• 1869 » Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1875 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist († 1899)
• 1878 » Hans Carossa, German author and poet († 1956)

• 1792 » Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)
• 1812 » Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)
• 1819 » Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1855 » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)

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.
• January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
• November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
• December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

The temperature on December 15, 1865 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.