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• Adam van de Wetering, Wijk en Aalburg († 1933)
• Albert de Groot, Zuid en Noord Schermer († 1950)
• Alice Marie Halphen, Ville-d'Avray, France († 1944)
• Hendrika Smit, Zwartsluis († 1889)
• Age Foekes Jongema, Wymbritseradeel, Netherlands († 1938)
• Aaltjen Gerrits de Vrieze, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Kornelis de Regt, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1866)
• Albert Rikse, Driebergen
• Albert Hendriks Slot, Finkum
• Adriaan Johannes van de Ven, Schijndel (Noord-Brabant Nederland) († 1926)

• Adrianus Jacobus Reijnders (4), Alkemade, ZH, Nederland
• Andreas Habraken (74), Oirschot
• Antonius Krusio (78), Bergen op Zoom
• (Stillborn) VAN DER LEEST (0), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana Hoogesteger (0), Yerseke
• Aldegonde ROOSEN (31), Lommel
• Anna Margareta Pan (83), Antwerpen
• Blansert (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert - Albert van Wijngaarden (80), Bergambacht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Crusio (79), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1844 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader († 1929)
• 1853 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic († 1902)
• 1859 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1952)
• 1867 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach († 1918)
• 1870 » Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer († 1950)
• 1871 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales († 1934)
• 1876 » Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician († 1970)
• 1876 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia († 1934)
• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)

• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)

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 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
• April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
• May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
• June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
• June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
• August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.

The temperature on August 4, 1865 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.