About the day » Tuesday July 18, 1865Calender converter

• Adriana Clasina Eland, Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1942)
• Adriaantje Kornelis Gaasterland, Brantgum
• Adele Hermina Blankert, Batavia
• Adrianus Brekelmans, Waalwijk
• Adriana Clazina Eland, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Albertus Lestrade, Huissen († 1915)
• Adriaantje Kornelis Gaasterland, Brantgum
• Anette Ledieu, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1865)
• Aaltje Geertman, Stegeren († 1868)
• Amalia Wilhelmina Tulleken, Nijmegen (Gel) († 1890)

• Andersien Adolphs Olijve (20), Beilen
• Aaltje Jans Dijkstra (38), Rinsumageest
• Aleida Ter Ellen (39), Oldenzaal
• Anna Maria van der Sman (0), Charlois
• Antonie Wamsteeker (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Foekes Wiegersma (39)
• Baukjen Freerks de Vries (80), Bergum
• Brand Bloemendaal (11), Barneveld-Esveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina DRENTH (0), Zuidlaren,, NEDERLAND
• Baby Westen (0)

• 1845 » Tristan Corbière, French poet († 1875)
• 1848 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician († 1915)
• 1853 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1861 » Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree († 1923)
• 1864 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1937)
• 1867 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist († 1932)
• 1871 » Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)
• 1871 » Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer († 1946)
• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)
• 1884 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal († 1979)

• 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)

• 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.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
• May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
• June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
• July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
• December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks

The temperature on July 18, 1865 was about 20.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.