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• Anna Maria Schoofs, Zandhoven († 1951)
• Adriaan Bos, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Krammer, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Ann Louisa BRISBIN, Havelock, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada
• Andries Machiels van Marsbergen, Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Jane GODFREY († 1909)
• Andries Marsbergen, Van, Haarlemmermeer
• Abigael Joosse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1906)
• Aloys Rolle, Woumen
• Andries Machiels van Marsbergen, Haarlemmermeer (Haarlemmermeer) (Noord Holland)

• Anna Margaretha Cornelia Slangen (40), Aldeneik, Prov. Limburg (B)
• Aartje Ariese (37), Wageningen
• Anna van der Heuvel (27), hardinxveld (zuid holland)
• Anna Catharina Hermans (56), Kessenich, België
• Andries Wijker (0), Egmond aan Zee
• Agatha Maria Franken (35), Rotterdam
• (32), Oisterwijk
• Andries Wijker (0), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Alix Eugène de Tournon-Simiane (85), Paris
• Aaltje van Ginkel (77), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1857 » Christian Michelsen, Norwegian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway († 1925)
• 1858 » Liberty Hyde Bailey, American botanist and academic, co-founded the American Society for Horticultural Science († 1954)
• 1860 » Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss bacteriologist and microbiologist († 1930)
• 1864 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (Oslo Philharmonic) († 1935)
• 1865 » Manuk Abeghian, Armenian author and scholar († 1944)
• 1866 » Johan Vaaler, Norwegian inventor, often erroneously identified as the inventor of the Paper clip († 1910)
• 1866 » Matthew Charlton, Australian miner and politician († 1948)
• 1868 » Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician († 1944)
• 1869 » Stanisław Wojciechowski, Polish scholar and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland († 1953)
• 1874 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 1951)

• 1820 » Clement Mary Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)
• 1832 » Otto Wilhelm Masing, Estonian linguist and clergyman (b. 1763)
• 1842 » Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1849 » Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (b. 1774)
• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)

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.
• February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
• April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
• April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
• December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The temperature on March 15, 1865 was about -0.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.