About the day » Thursday August 17, 1865Calender converter

• Adrianus Bastiaan Quartel, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1935)
• Adriana Simonse, Koudekerke († 1925)
• Antje Roels Veenstra, Surhuizum († 1937)
• Alphonsus Van WANGHE, Lubbeek Vl.Brabant
• de Beijer, Bladel
• Adriana Feijtel, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1866)
• Amelia Pitcher, Woolwich, London, England
• Adriana Christina Struijk, Portugal († 1866)
• Antje Meyer, Harlingen († 1931)
• Aalt Overeem, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1897)

• Bauke Windsma (1848)
• Adrijaan Westveer (74), Oudelande ZL
• Aloysius COTTYN (0), Lauwe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Annigje Katers (2), Steenwijk
• Antje Regnerus Blinksma (40), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arij Streefland (63), Nieuw-Lekkerland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij van Vliet (0), Vlaardingen
• Aartje Rootnat (43), Alblasserdam
• Aagje Laurina Meijdam (0), Gorinchem
• Antonius van Es (0), Leiden

• 1845 » Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist († 1909)
• 1849 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland († 1919)
• 1863 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer († 1924)
• 1865 » Julia Marlowe, English-American actress († 1950)
• 1866 » Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad († 1911)
• 1873 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic († 1946)
• 1877 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player († 1923)
• 1878 » Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer († 1911)
• 1880 » Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player († 1948)
• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)

• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 » Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)

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 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
• March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
• April 14 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day.
• 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 August 17, 1865 was about 17.1 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.