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• Beerta, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1865)
• Amelia Helena Christina Adrien Vieane, Kediri (Blitar), Nederlands-Indië († 1936)
• Aart Balthasar Knook, Dordrecht (Z.H.) († 1936)
• Aart Balthazar Knook, Dordrecht († 1936)
• Alfred Lenglet, Bertry, Friesland, Nederland († 1923)
• Alfonsus Verkleij
• Albertus Schers, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland († 1935)
• Agatha Klaasdr Ruiter, Hoogcarspel († 1944)
• Aagje SCHOLTENS, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Agatha Ruiter, Hoogkarspel, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)

• Aaltje Jans Steenbeek, Baarn
• Ann "Nancy" Hayden (67), Daviess County, Kentucky
• Adrianus Willem Kamp (77), Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Geertrui"da van der Kolk (54), Dinther
• Antje Mulder (41), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Marigje de Boon (48)
• Antheunis Dekker (0), Terneuzen,Zl
• Antonie Frederik van der Waeijen Pieterszen (16), Brussel,,Brussels Capital Region,Belgique
• Annetje Boelhout (0)
• Antje Westra (0), Grootegast, Nederland

• 1861 » Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic († 1944)
• 1865 » Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic († 1933)
• 1865 » John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist († 1955)
• 1867 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1900)
• 1868 » Constantine I of Greece († 1923)
• 1870 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist († 1954)
• 1871 » John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1872 » George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1946)
• 1876 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India († 1963)
• 1877 » Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh († 1956)

• 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
• 1834 » Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
• 1849 » Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
• 1854 » Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
• 1859 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)

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.
• 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.
• May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
• July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
• November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
• December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.

The temperature on August 2, 1865 was about 15.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.