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• Afke Klazes Gort Gort, Lemmer († 1959)
• Abraham Huisman, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Anna Maria Adriani, Relegem,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1941)
• Aaltje Dekker, Hollandscheveld († 1943)
• Adrianus van Gelder († 1942)
• Adriana van Nieuwaal, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Klazes Gort, Lemmer († 1959)
• Adriana Lammers, Rotterdam († 1936)
• Adriana van den Ende, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Anna Cornelia Vallijs, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland

• Johannes Spijkers (1), Schijndel
• Aafke Hilbrands Brontsema, uithuizermeeden
• Adriaantje Cornelisse van der Jagt (73), Burgh
• Anna Maria van den Boogaard (0), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vissers (8), Raamsdonk
• Alexandrine Perussault (29), la Grande Barre, Ceaulmont, 36032, France
• "Sophia" Fijtje Huijchsdr Fijtje Huijchsdr (66), Hazerswoude,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsia Bernardina Linssen (0), Boxmeer
• Anna Cornelia Waalewijn (1), Haarlem
• Aart Baas (0), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1849 » William R. Day, American jurist and politician, 36th United States Secretary of State († 1923)
• 1852 » Cap Anson, American baseball player and manager († 1922)
• 1863 » Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1865 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus († 1939)
• 1866 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic († 1927)
• 1875 » Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War († 1941)
• 1877 » Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat († 1949)
• 1878 » Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player († 1942)
• 1878 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Tauzin, French hurdler († 1918)

• 1799 » Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
• 1840 » Hannah Webster Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1758)
• 1843 » Samuel Morey, American engineer (b. 1762)
• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)

• 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.
• March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
• March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
• April 3 » American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

The temperature on April 17, 1865 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.