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• Aleida Berendina Scholten, Velsen († 1921)
• Andreas Joseph Kochen, Kerkrade (L († 1869)
• Anna "Annie" Eliza BERRY, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States († 1928)
• Adolf Frederik Lodewijk Graaf van Rechteren-Limpurg-Speckfeld, Almelo,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1935)
• (1) Maria Maijer, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1895)
• Adolph Frederik Lodewijk Graaf Van Rechteren Limpurg, Almelo († 1935)
• Anthonie Herman Reinier Everhard Goedhart, Arnhem († 1943)
• Adolf Frederik Lodewijk van Rechteren Limpurg, Almelo, Nederland († 1935)
• Adolph Frederik Lod. Rechteren, van Limpurg, Almelo, Ambt († 1935)
• Adolph Frederik VAN RECHTEREN-LIMPURG, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1935)

• Anna Cornelia Kwik (78), Ossendrecht
• Antonius van Vliet (0), Hekendorp, Nederland
• Aimable Joseph LEDRU (63), Santes,59211,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Adriana Cornelia Hak (33), Utrecht
• Antje Sjoerds Schaaf (67), Sint Annaparochie, gem. het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Apolonia Johanna Apon (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltjen Klein Hulze (40), Harfsen
• Albert Hartsuiker (19), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Helmich (72), Amsterdam
• Anneke EKELMANS (3), Zuilichem (Gld.)

• 1856 » Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, American heiress († 1921)
• 1862 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author († 1911)
• 1869 » William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author († 1963)
• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)

• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (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.
• January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
• May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
• May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
• July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on August 21, 1865 was about 18.9 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.