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• Aagje van Veen, Oudshoorn, Nederland
• Albert Govers, Den Helder
• Abbie Harberts († 1938)
• Albertus Timmerman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1941)
• Alberto de Faria, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1931)
• Adriaantje Lodder, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Haze, Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen) († 1897)
• Aaltje Kragt, Nieuwleusen († 1898)
• Besse, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Timmerman, Zwolle († 1927)

• Anna Margaretha van der Wal (34), Urk
• Arie van der Meer (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afke~Rimmelts Remerie (77), Doanjewerstal
• Arentje van der Ham (16), Brielle
• Benjamin Franklin Burgoyne (29), Doniphan County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Catharijna Hamer (78), Beekbergen
• Aafke Rimmelts REMERIE (77), Tjerkgaast
• Antonie Boere (0), Benschop, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Arentje van der Ham (16), Brielle, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Palmaers (39), Waltwilder

• 1860 » Louis Wain, English artist († 1939)
• 1862 » Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities († 1890)
• 1866 » Carl Harries, German chemist and academic († 1923)
• 1866 » Harry Trott, Australian cricketer († 1917)
• 1868 » Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer († 1924)
• 1872 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation († 1917)
• 1874 » Horace Rawlins, English golfer († 1935)
• 1874 » Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic († 1948)
• 1876 » Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist († 1958)
• 1877 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter († 1917)

• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

• 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.
• April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
• 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 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
• December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
• December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

The temperature on August 5, 1865 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.