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• Alexander Cornelissen, Ressen, Lingewaard
• Aartje Quak, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Prins, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aalrich Recker, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriaan Arie de Groot, Beekbergen
• Adolphus van der Zwet, Lisse († 1948)
• Andreas GEEROMS, Pamel
• Adriaan Arie de GROOT, Beekbergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Elisabeth van Gageldonk, Zevenbergen († 1930)
• "Gerard" Berkels, Sevenum (Limburg Nederland)

• Anthonie Johannis Quist (3), Oud-Vossemeer
• Adriana Roos (1), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Wildschut (41), Buiksloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Bergsma (0), Hoornsterzwwag
• Albert Visscher (10), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• 'Chevalier' Désiré Joseph LE JEUNE d'ALLEGEERSHECQUE (59), Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Feltman (35)
• Adrianus Gerardus van Es (3), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert Teunisen Visscher (10), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Antonia De Cock (40), Sint-Niklaas

• 1850 » Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician († 1924)
• 1859 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia († 1918)
• 1859 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician († 1932)
• 1863 » Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. († 1915)
• 1867 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant († 1938)
• 1869 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter († 1946)
• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)
• 1875 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library († 1960)

• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)

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 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
• July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on May 12, 1865 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.