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• Aaltje Gurbes Feenstra
• Aleijda Maria Huirne, Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Kraan, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltje van der Wel († 1865)
• Randewijk, Wageningen († 1865)
• Jozina Pieternella Bakker, Heinkenszand († 1943)
• (w) Limper, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna Augusteijn, Sint Philipsland († 1953)
• Adrianus van Seters, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adrianus Somers, Tilburg (Oost-Heijkant) († 1929)

• Adriana Cornelia Nicolaasd Kors (0), Haarlem
• Abraham (16th Pres.) Lincoln (56), @7:21 am in the Peterson House in Washinton, District Of Columbia, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Maria Vermeulen (1), Rotterdam(ZH)
• Adriana Cornelia Kors (0), Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Patijn (20), Terneuzen
• Afina Holtkamp (3), Windeweer, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van den Braak (62), st Michielsgestel, NL
• Adriana Cornelia KORS (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham (16th President of USA) Lincoln (56), Washington, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Lincoln (56), Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten

• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)

• 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)

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.
• January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• January 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
• December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The temperature on April 15, 1865 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.