About the day » Saturday August 5, 1865Calender converter

• Adriana Berckenkamp, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 1865)
• Gaal, Assendelft († 1941)
• Albertus Timmerman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1941)
• Aaltje Dobber, Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Aaltien Suurd, Peize, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus Antonius Maria van Gorcom Gorkom, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant) († 1951)
• ... Leijsner, .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Alice Medora Vanhoozer, Tennessee († 1919)
• Aaltje Kragt, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1898)
• Aaltje Haze, Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen) († 1897)

• Adrianus van den Hoek (54), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Helmond (0), Culemborg (GL)
• Anneghien Pieters van Delden (86), Sappemeer
• Van Vliet (0), Veur
• Catharina HEEREN (14), Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Arend van der Burg (10), Vlaardingen
• Catharina POORTVLIET (1), Kloetinge
• Arentje van der Ham (16), Brielle, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Antonia van der Vegt (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Rimmelts REMERIE (77), Tjerkgaast

• 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)

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.
• March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
• April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
• April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
• May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
• July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

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%.