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February 28, 1865
Died on Wednesday March 1, 1865
- Theodorus van Vroenhoven (2), Woensel
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 1, 1865 at Delpher
- Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant : staats-, handels-, nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Nederlandsche staatscourant
- Nederlandsche staatscourant
- Utrechtsch provinciaal en stedelijk dagblad : algemeen advertentie-blad
Born on February 29
- 1828 » Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet, and activist († 1921)
- 1836 » Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager († 1908)
- 1852 » Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia († 1936)
- 1860 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company († 1929)
- 1876 » William Stewart, Scottish footballer
- 1884 » Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
- 1892 » Augusta Savage, American sculptor († 1962)
- 1896 » Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of India († 1995)
- 1896 » William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1975)
- 1904 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1957)
Died on February 29
- 1792 » Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)
- 1848 » Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
- 1852 » Matsudaira Katataka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
- 1868 » Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
- 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
- 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
- 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
- 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
- 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
Names that were popular for boys in 1865
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Klaas
- Gerardus
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 1865
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Grietje
- Aaltje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Trijntje
- Elizabeth
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1865
- 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 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
- April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
- April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
- October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
- December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.