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• Anke Sjirks Jousma, Winsum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1865)
• Aloysius Alfonsus Sens, Heusden († 1935)
• Aalbert Schimmel, Scherpenzeel
• Adriana Kanselaar, Zuilichem († 1950)
• "Elisa" Louisa Marie Meyvaert, Gand, Belgique († 1948)
• Ane Jans Slager, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Albert Theodorusz Noot, Callantsoog, nh.nld († 1942)
• Albertus Donatus Rijnaarts, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna Smitt, Hoogeveen nederland († 1947)
• Alida van Straten, Woudrichem († 1866)

• Anne SPENCER (91), Surrey
• Anne Spencer-Churchill (91), Richmond, Surrey
• Anna Catharina Ruijten (Ruyten) (80), Herten, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonetta Janse Versluijs, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna de Gelder (0), zuidland
• Adriana Oonincx (79), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrien van Zon (52), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Peeter Oninx (79), Breda
• Anne Spencer (91)
• Aale Ymhof (43), Wielen

• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)
• 1884 » Billie Burke, American actress and singer († 1970)

• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)

• 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.
• January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
• April 26 » American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina. Also the date of Confederate Memorial Day for two states.
• May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
• May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
• July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
• July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

The temperature on August 7, 1865 was about 16.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.