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• Aeilko Wildeman, Hellum (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Adriana de Haan, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Aje Tonjes de Vries, Simonswolde, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Adriana Kemp, Zandvoort († 1927)
• Alida van Zijll, Arkel, Giessenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1866)
• Adriaan van Gils, Oosterhout († 1880)
• Abidon Vanlerberghe, Woumen
• Albertus Wolfkamp, Ommen († 1904)
• Alice Morgan, Staten Island, New York († 1933)
• Adrianus Willemen, Tilburg († 1886)

• Anna Margaretha Driessen (66), Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
• Antoni Gerrit Hendrik JOLINK (0), Ijzevoorde
• Antonij Gerrit Hendrik Jolink (0), Ambt-Doetinchem (IJzevoorde)
• Anne Bouwes de Vos (63), Ooststellingwerf
• Anna Maria Dobbelsteijn (25), Margraten
• Adriana Bierens (79), Sint-Maartensdijk
• Arend Jan Holthuis (56), Amersfoort
• Antonius Nagelkerken (55), Gemeente Steenbergen, NL
• Adriaan Hubertus van Eenennaam (2), Arnemuiden
• Adriana Bierens (79), Sint Maartensdijk (79jr)

• 1849 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1853 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic († 1937)
• 1853 » Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer († 1914)
• 1872 » Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1872 » William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1875 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot († 1946)
• 1875 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author († 1941)
• 1876 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company († 1932)
• 1878 » Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician († 1968)

• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)

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 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
• July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
• December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

The temperature on December 6, 1865 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.