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• Anna Margaretha Schuh, Losheim, Saarland, Germany
• Anna Catharina JORISSEN († 1945)
• Albert van der Ploeg, Uitwierde, Netherlands († 1866)
• Albert Warmink, Lemele
• AART van GANGELEN, ALBLASSERDAM († 1945)
• Aleida Jansen, De Heurne (Aalten), Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Bloemenkooper, Rotterdam
• Anna Arnhoelter, Herman Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1957)
• AALTJE VAN DALEN, Hoogeveen († 1865)
• Anna Gezina HOS, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1893)

• Anna Maria Brugmans (29), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Canbier (24), Padang Ned.Indie
• de Wijs, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Theodorus van den Born (6), Delft
• Hol (0), Ravenswaaij (Maurik) (GL)
• Aaltje Binnes (Pietter Jacobs Herder) De Vos (79), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anneke Coppens (80), Uden
• Aart van de Weerd (0), Ede
• AALTJE VAN DALEN (0), Hoogeveen
• Anna Cornelia Dickens (80), Weelde, Ravels, Antwerp, Belgium

• 1854 » Jane Meade Welch, American journalist and lecturer († 1931)
• 1863 » Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player († 1915)
• 1870 » Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist († 1946)
• 1872 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1873 » David Horsley, English-American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios († 1933)
• 1876 » Carl Ruggles, American pianist and composer († 1971)
• 1878 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1927)
• 1880 » Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist († 1943)
• 1884 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish soldier, author, and educator († 1920)
• 1884 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer († 1974)

• 1851 » George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)
• 1851 » Marie Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (b. 1778)
• 1854 » Willard Richards, American journalist and religious leader (b. 1804)
• 1863 » Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
• 1869 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
• 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
• 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)

• 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 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
• November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
• December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

The temperature on March 11, 1865 was about 4.6 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.