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• Amalie Breslauer
• Albertje de Graaf (Graav), Bunschoten, Nederland († 1926)
• Aart Velthoen, Ijsselmonde († 1943)
• Anna Catharina De Jongh Luyt, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa († 1943)
• Aart Veldhoen, IJsselmonde († 1943)
• Aartje Tuinenburg, Moordrecht († 1943)
• Antje van der Wal, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1909)
• Albert Ibbenhorst, Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1940)
• Antje Gerrits Weidenaar, Anjum († 1952)
• Abraham Griffioen, Vinkeveen en Waverveen,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1865)

• Antonia Hermans (58), Ginneken en Bavel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Clarissa Mary James (69)
• Aleijdis Sandink (58), Wierden, 7641, Nederland
• Anne Caroline Cortoos (30), Brussel
• Bouwina Kornelis Scholtens (80), Den Hoorn
• Bouwina Maria Cornelis Scholtens (80), Den Hoorn, Nederland
• Cornelia Boers, Veenendaal-Geldersch
• Catherine Mackay Burrell (2)
• Antje Dekker (31), Broek op Langedijk
• Anna Maria Dieusaert, Ruddervoorde

• 1852 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1928)
• 1855 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec († 1920)
• 1856 » Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor († 1924)
• 1857 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician († 1919)
• 1862 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator († 1925)
• 1866 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada († 1941)
• 1869 » Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor († 1957)
• 1875 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director († 1926)
• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)

• 1814 » Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)

• 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 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
• April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
• April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
• May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
• July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.

The temperature on September 12, 1865 was about 11.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.