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• Alida Josepha Theron, Williston, RSA († 1924)
• Aldrik Wiemers, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1864)
• Adrianus van der Pol, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1864)
• Adrianus van der Houwen, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Kaldenberg, Arnhem († 1865)
• Anna Gertrude Grimes, Boston Township, Wayne County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1964)
• Alexandrina Geurdina Gramser Gramser, Ewijk († 1922)
• Adriana van Broekhoven, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1865)
• Adèle Champagne, Sainte-Adèle, Sainte-Adèle, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada
• "Bertha" Paula Huberta Anna Maria von Nagel-Doornick, Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Allemagne († 1942)

• Aafje Klaasdochter BAKKER (67), Wijdenes, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Sjoerts de Vries (72), Zuidhorn
• Anthonie de Boo (73), Veere
• Anna Margaretha Mestrom (Mestrum) (77), Kessel
• Annigje Leendertsdr Vermaas (65), Mijnsheerenland
• Arie Willemsz. Hordijk (59), Sint-Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Sjoerds de Vries (72), Zuidhorn
• Arie Zweserijn (76), Schalkwijk
• Ardina Kolmans (69), Waalwijk
• Bastiaan Beversluijs (25), Zwaluwe

• 1844 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint († 1879)
• 1858 » Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist († 1922)
• 1863 » Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden († 1955)
• 1871 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures († 1976)
• 1873 » Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist († 1914)
• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)

• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Klaas
15. Hendrikus
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Antje
14. Neeltje
15. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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.
• April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
• May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
• June 29 » At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
• November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.

The temperature on January 7, 1864 was about -10.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.