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• Alida Hendrina Ponger, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1901)
• Anna Maria Magdalena or Mimi Pelenkahu, Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia († 1960)
• Rohmann, Grieth (D)
• Maaike Kuine, Rilland-Bath († 1952)
• Adrianus van Meer, Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL († 1949)
• Annechien Timmerman, Makkum, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1957)
• van der Heiden, Meerkerk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertje Aukes Laansma, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annechien Timmerman, Makkum, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1957)
• KLaas Koome, Aalsmeer († 1952)

• Albertus van der Sluis (1), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Theresia DE DECKER (68), Hingene,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltjen Post (46), Beerze, Ambt Ommen
• Bertje III van den Berg (1), Tienhoven
• Baukje Sytzes Kloosterman (62), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Albertha Alida van Vreeningen (0), Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Post (46), Beerze (Ommen, Ambt)
• Aaron Riffle (46)
• adriana LOUTER (28), oostvoorne
• Ariaantje Knegt (43), IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1849 » Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American lawyer and politician, 91st Mayor of New York City († 1918)
• 1852 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1932)
• 1854 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist († 1940)
• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1864 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist († 1913)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)

• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)

• 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.
• February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
• April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
• April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
• July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
• December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The temperature on July 20, 1865 was about 18.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.