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• Anna Elisabeth Melvill van Carnbee, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Anna Maria Josephina Vaessen, Maasbree († 1955)
• antoinette WILLIEME, Jemappes (Belgium)
• Anna Janna van 't Hof, Axel
• Anna Cornelia Reiziger, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1870)
• Aagje Woudenberg, Ameide,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1871)
• Schmitz, Haar, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1865)
• Anna Elisabeth Melvill van Carnbee, Wageningen († 1946)
• Albert Gramt Curry, Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States († 1959)
• Anna Maria Senders, Olen, Antwerpen, België

• Aaltjen Aalken Schreurs (62), Markelo (Elsen)
• Alida van der Hoorn (0), Alkemade
• Aafke Rykels Groenveld (2), i/e schip, liggende te Heerenvee, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Schipper Hagen (45), Utrecht, UTR, Nederland
• Anna Sibilla van GULPEN (76), Heer, Gemeente Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Annigje Schuitman (65), Zuid-Beijerland, Korendijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Laurensdr Schuijtman (65), Zuid-Beijerland
• Schmitz (0), Haar, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Andreas Wesselius van Leeuwen (0), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anne Hippolyte van Vougny Markgraaf van Boquestant (74)

• 1842 » Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist († 1924)
• 1843 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire († 1919)
• 1870 » Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator († 1952)
• 1871 » James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas († 1944)
• 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
• 1879 » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author († 1964)
• 1879 » Taishō, emperor of Japan († 1926)
• 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
• 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
• 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)

• 1811 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
• 1817 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
• 1818 » Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)

• 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 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
• May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
• 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.

The temperature on August 31, 1865 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.