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• Adrianus van Veldhoven, Meteren (Geldermalsen) (GL) († 1946)
• Anna Mul, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Adrianus Monné, Utrecht († 1945)
• Adriana van Nistelrooij, Boxtel († 1867)
• --- Veerkamp, Monster († 1865)
• Albert BOOIMAN, Diever, Nederland, Drenthe, Nederland († 1867)
• Albertina Johanna van der Voet, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Albert Booiman, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 1867)
• Adrianus Monné, Utrecht († 1945)
• Anna Colletta Lauwerijssens, Ossendrecht († 1931)

• Anna Rutsdr de Wit (56), 's-Gravenzande
• Alyda de Ruiter (49), Heemse
• Aleijdis Derks Kalverbeld (73), Diepenveen
• Barend van der Tholen (0), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda de Ruiter (49), Ambt Hardenberg
• Aleida Catriena Loman (74), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara Purnotte (13), Eijsden, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia FONTEYN (60), Vollenhove, 5316, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana de Bree (66), Woudenberg
• ANNA DE WIT (56), 'S-GRAVENZANDE

• 1839 » Josephine Cochrane, American inventor († 1913)
• 1841 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist († 1935)
• 1848 » LaMarcus Adna Thompson, American engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster († 1917)
• 1856 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army († 1929)
• 1856 » Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic († 1937)
• 1859 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English banker and author († 1932)
• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)

• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

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.
• March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
• April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
• May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
• November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
• December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on March 8, 1865 was about 2.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.