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• Adrianus Johannes van Diessen, Tilburg
• Alida Jacoba Emans, Middelburg
• Amanda Jane Sigler, Union County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Adriaan Goedhart, Wilhelminadorp, Zeeland, Nederland († 1879)
• Alphonsus Van de Walle, Gent
• Andries Hendrik Weijsman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Andries Salomons, Veessen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1865)
• Andries Salomons, Veessen,Heerde († 1946)
• Adriana van der Tholen, Barendrecht

• Arend Jan Bouwmeester (4), Ruurlo
• Archibald Burns (67), Sterling, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Bauke Sijbrens van der Velde (71), Heeg
• Aaltje van Mourik (1), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bauke Sybrens (Siebrens) van der Velde (71), Heeg, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arij Barel (47), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Alkemade (2), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Dirks Klok (1), Ferwerd
• Albertje Klok (1), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• --- van der Zijden (0), Wateringen

• 1854 » Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba († 1921)
• 1855 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator († 1924)
• 1858 » Charlotte Scott, English mathematician († 1931)
• 1859 » Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist († 1947)
• 1860 » Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist († 1940)
• 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
• 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
• 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)
• 1875 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper († 1958)

• 1831 » Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

• 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.
• April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
• April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
• May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
• December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on June 8, 1865 was about 16.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.