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• Adriana Catharina Willemsen, Kralingen (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijs Benedikt Billiet, Klerken († 1866)
• van Orsouw, Heesch Nederland († 1906)
• Alida Maria Hoogendoorn, Breukelen Nijenrode († 1939)
• Aaltje Meijer KAN, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1884)
• Aaltje Warner, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adraval Witcher "Abner" Bankston, Tyler County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1941)
• Adrien Jean Pierre Roestenberg, Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium
• Abraham Stout, Pernis († 1869)
• Aagje Mierop, Ouddorp (Z.H.) († 1865)

• Carolina Mangelschots (39), Balen, België
• Arie Kooijman (82), Nieuw Lekkerland
• Catharina Corre (0), Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Aaltjen Brus (1), Breedenbroek,Oude IJsselstreek,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Gerrits Van Den FIJNAART (66), Heerjansdam
• Anna Marcusse (35), Wissenkerke
• Auguste Pierre de Bézieux (77), Cognin, Isère, France
• Hodes (0), Rijssen
• Adrianus Gersen (50), Gouda
• Anneken Homeijer (80), Enschede (79jr)

• 1852 » John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes († 1943)
• 1857 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist († 1926)
• 1861 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria († 1948)
• 1861 » Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian soldier and politician († 1939)
• 1866 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company († 1930)
• 1877 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1877 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator († 1968)
• 1879 » Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer († 1941)
• 1880 » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer († 1972)
• 1881 » Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet († 1948)

• 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)

• 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 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
• July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
• November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
• December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

The temperature on February 26, 1865 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.