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• Adriana Maria Dijkers, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1934)
• Anna Douwes Huizenga, Poppingawier, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Joanna Thijssen, Maasbree († 1926)
• Adriana Francina PONSEN, Sidoardjo (Ned. Indë) († 1912)
• Aaltjen Brus, Breedenbroek,Oude IJsselstreek,Gelderland,Nederland († 1946)
• Aaltje BLAAK, Zuid-Beijerland († 1930)
• DE BOER, Oude Pekela Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Hulst († 1876)
• Aaltje ZUURBIER, Berkhout,North Holland,Netherlands († 1928)
• Anna Elisabeth Wagemans, Buchten, Born, Limburg, Nederland († 1936)

• Korstanje, Wolphaartsdijk
• Adrianus Frederik Timmerman (1), Heteren
• (Stillborn) Visser (Visscher) (0), Wapenveld, Nederland
• Augustinus Beutels, Schaffen
• Anna Maria Vermeij (20), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de ROOIJ (0), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van Baardwijk (0), Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Antonius van Baardwijk (0), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Antje van 't Klooster (67), Stoutenburg
• Alida Sauerbier (24), Rotterdam

• 1858 » Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile († 1930)
• 1863 » Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois († 1941)
• 1864 » Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)

• 1812 » Joanna Southcott, English religious leader (b. 1750)
• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)

• 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.
• February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
• 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 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
• June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
• December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The temperature on December 27, 1865 was about 2.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.