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• Adriana Versteeg, Sliedrecht († 1867)
• Anna Willemina Alingh, Gasselte († 1940)
• Adella Pendelton, Arcadia, Lapeer County, Michigan
• Adriana van den Berg, Tiel († 1898)
• Annegien Hendriks Kijlstra (Kielstra), Surhuisterveen († 1908)
• Adriaan Foekens, Groningen
• Adrianus Josephus Taeymans, Oostmalle, België († 1868)
• Alida van den Bosch, Rotterdam
• Andrew Armit, Dairsie, FIFE, SCOTLAND
• Annigje Hendriks Kielstra, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1908)

• Aagtje Derks Willems (68), Noorddijk
• Aaltje Goeje, de (60), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Heulens (71), Brasschaat (B)
• Adolphe Tremblay (25)
• Aalbert van Reeden (1), Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Antje Sippes SINNEMA (71), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Aaltje van Beek (70), Hoevelaken
• Antje Sippes Sinnema (71), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagtje Derks Willems (69), Noorddijk
• Anthoon Anthoons Hofstra (29), Wijnaldum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1857 » Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany († 1936)
• 1863 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint († 1899)
• 1863 » W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer († 1943)
• 1867 » Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist († 1924)
• 1868 » Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader († 1953)
• 1869 » José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup († 1913)
• 1871 » Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company († 1972)
• 1872 » James William McCarthy, American judge († 1939)
• 1873 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright († 1907)
• 1873 » David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 1970)

• 1811 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
• 1831 » John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 » Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)

• 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.
• March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
• March 29 » American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
• May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
• June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
• July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.

The temperature on September 8, 1865 was about 27.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.