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• Aaltje van de Pol(L), renkum († 1931)
• Adrianus Hendriks, mill en Sint Hubert († 1915)
• Alexandrina Cramer, Celebes (Ned. Indié) († 1889)
• Alphonsus Josephus Petrus van Waeterschoodt, Antwerpen (België)
• Adriaan Hendrik Willem Jacobus Boom, Axel,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Albertus Kragten, Utrecht († 1943)
• Allegonda de Lagarde, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander McGregor, Hamilton Burgh, Lanarkshire, Scotland († 1916)
• van Zuilen, Katwijk aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Chidlow, Crafers-Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia († 1919)

• Adolph Ferdinand Steinheil (63), Stuttgart, Württemberg, Duitsland
• Antje Thees de Jong (66), Nijeberkoop
• Anna Catharina Chaine, Kerkrade
• Arien Stam (0), Wognum, North Holland, Netherlands
• Ann K. Hitchcock (35)
• Adriaan Danklof, Vught (N.Br)
• Aartje Slagboom (9), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Picard - van den Bergh (69), 's Gravenhage
• Benjamins (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Akke Melis de Jong (74), Lemsterland

• 1856 » George Leake, Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Western Australia († 1902)
• 1857 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist († 1924)
• 1857 » Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1863 » Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter († 1899)
• 1864 » Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright († 1924)
• 1867 » William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia († 1933)
• 1872 » Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1962)
• 1872 » William Haselden, English cartoonist († 1953)
• 1875 » Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator († 1955)
• 1878 » Francis A. Nixon, American businessman († 1956)

• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)

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 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
• July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
• July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
• December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

The temperature on December 3, 1865 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.