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• Verhoeven, Donsbruggen
• Aaltje Meerholz, Avereest († 1929)
• Adèle Stokvis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1882)
• ADRIAAN VAN RIJSWIJK, HOOGE EN LAGE ZWALUWE († 1952)
• Aaltje Oosterloo, Beilen († 1924)
• * Catharina Ooms, Moordrecht († 1926)
• Aalf Kruizenga, Wittewierum, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1934)
• Abraham Stouwer, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Maria ter Wolde, Rotterdam († 1865)
• Adrianus Bos, Ommen († 1868)

• Adolf Kuper (74), Maten
• Aleida Lambertine Rijser (6), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van den Berg (1), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf - Olg sive Alrich - Olg Kuper (74), De Maten, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Alblas (9), bleijswijk
• Aaltje Hollander (3), Wetering (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adriaan Vetting (31), Klundert (Gem. Moerdijk), Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Adolf Kuiper (74), De Maten (voor 1975: gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, daarna gemeente Vlagtwedde, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Aart van Eck (90), Ede, Nederland
• Aleida Koehorst, Reutum

• 1847 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator († 1927)
• 1849 » Rickman Godlee, English surgeon and academic († 1925)
• 1850 » Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, academic and activist († 1922)
• 1851 » Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician, 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs († 1912)
• 1856 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist and academic († 1926)
• 1861 » Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher († 1947)
• 1861 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1861 » Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach († 1937)
• 1873 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1874 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer († 1922)

• 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
• 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
• 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)

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.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
• November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
• 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

The temperature on February 15, 1865 was about -11.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.