About the day » Wednesday August 16, 1865Calender converter

• Anke Abelsma, Leeuwarden, Fr, The Netherlands († 1866)
• Aaltje Bullema, Garnwerd (gem. Ezinge) († 1939)
• Abraham Johannes Kettenis, Leiden
• Alida Maria Kool, Muiden († 1918)
• Dehaybe, Surice
• Anna Margaretha Stuijver, Den Haag
• Aaltje de de Hoop, Nieuwland
• Alida KERS, Everdingen
• Abraham Johannes, Kettenis, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Pouline Stasse, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1884)

• Adriana Schamhart
• Alida Klever (29), Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Trip (23), Onstwedde (Groningen)
• Alida Klever (29), Vlist
• Abram Kroonenburg
• Abraham Haring (0)
• Aaltje de Haan (0), Utrecht
• Anna Theresia Grosch (28), Maberzell, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Albertje Johannessen van Doren (53), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexander McNutt (42), Economy, Colchester County, NS, Canada

• 1855 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales († 1922)
• 1856 » Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician († 1904)
• 1858 » Arthur Achleitner, German author († 1927)
• 1860 » Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author († 1887)
• 1860 » Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer († 1938)
• 1862 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1864 » Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette († 1917)
• 1865 » Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist († 1962)
• 1868 » Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications († 1955)
• 1876 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer († 1942)

• 1836 » Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 » Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1861 » Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)
• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)

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 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
• February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
• April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
• July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

The temperature on August 16, 1865 was about 16.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.