About the day » Thursday August 24, 1865Calender converter

• ANNA JOHANNA GROENEBERG, Haarlemmermeer
• Amanda Isabelle Dunsmore, Pulaski, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Aleida Teuntje Abbink, Eldrik, Gelderland, Nederland († 1915)
• Van Engelen, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Veldhuis († 1865)
• Aaltje van Veenen, Oostellingwerf († 1872)
• Adriaantje Van Barneveld, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1939)
• Angelina Judoca de Roover, Baal, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1931)
• Antje Antassio, Rotterdam († 1905)
• Perestam, Poortvliet, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland

• Amélie de Clary et Aldringen (60)
• Aaltjen Vrijhof
• Adrianus Ruijgrok (33), Zoeterwoude
• Amalia Clary van Aldringen (60), Telc (Teltsch), Moravië, Tsjechië
• Aaltjen Klinge (10), Gramsbergen
• Anna Maria De Kinder (69), Wilrijk, België
• Antti Eevanpoika (0), Patala, Karelië, Finland
• Bastiaan Joostzn. Van der Vlies (61), Sliedrecht
• Adriana Margaretha van Konijnenburg (1), Oegstgeest
• Benoit, Frans Macharis (1), Denderbelle

• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)
• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)

• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)

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.
• February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
• March 3 » Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
• April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
• 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.
• May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
• November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.

The temperature on August 24, 1865 was about 17.4 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.