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• Anthonius van Niekerk, Utrecht († 1879)
• Adrianus Straathof, Alkemade-Nieuwe Wetering
• Anna Elisabeth BAS, Diepenbeek, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1939)
• Alexander Harrower, Bakers Lane, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland († 1941)
• Adolf Johannes Martin Hendrik Abraham Gieben, Arnhem († 1885)
• Aleida Evers, Bemmel († 1926)
• Adrianus (Janus) Besemer, Papendrecht († 1921)
• Adrianus Johzn Straathof, Nieuwetering
• Anna Maria Miltenburg, Loenen († 1951)
• Adriana Kraaijeveld, Hardinxveld († 1933)

• Anna van Leeuwen (34), Stompwijk
• Aart van den Bos (40), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Haan (1), Leeuwarden
• Alberdina Mensinks (68), Baak,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria TIMMERMAN (81), Sint-Kruis, 31029, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aaltje Arents Bolhuis (63), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Andersen (31), Amsterdam
• Andreas (Andries) Pieterse Knoops (Knoopst) (42), Oosterland
• Anna Maria Helsen (45), Zoerle-Parwijs, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Anna Catharina Wouters (32), Wilmarsdonk

• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)
• 1854 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator († 1924)
• 1855 » Francis Bellamy, American minister and author († 1931)
• 1862 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy († 1948)
• 1867 » Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist († 1941)
• 1868 » Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
• 1869 » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress († 1937)
• 1871 » Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower († 1922)
• 1872 » Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1876 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany († 1931)

• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)
• 1853 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)

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 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
• March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
• April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
• June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
• July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

The temperature on May 18, 1865 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.