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• Anna Maria Luiken, Hooge-en Lage Zwaluwe († 1917)
• Anna Elizabeth van Beek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van Beek, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Andreas De Graet, Werchter († 1867)
• Ann MAXWELL († 1898)
• Antje Kamminga, Menaldum (Menaam), Friesland, Nederland († 1926)
• Abraham Aart van de Griend (van der Griend), Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adrianus Petrus Bont de, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)
• Anthonie Nellestijn, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Akke Jacobs Rypkema, Terhorne, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)

• Aaltje Koek (64), Aarlanderveen
• Antonette Roeken (73), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andrew J. Vorce (23), Wilderness Battlefield, Virginia, United States
• Adrianus Hermsen (11), Echteld
• anna johanna de laat (0), haarlem
• * Johanna Vorstenbosch (33), Uden
• Anthonie van Boven (0), Ellewoutsdijk
• Aloys Dumoulin (4), Klerken
• Alida Koek (64), Aarlanderveen #39
• Adriaan Wapperom (56), (GL) Arnhem

• 1846 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
• 1858 » John L. Leal, American physician († 1914)
• 1859 » Charles B. Hanford, American Shakespearean actor († 1926)
• 1864 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author († 1922)
• 1865 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet († 1943)
• 1866 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman († 1938)
• 1869 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator († 1937)
• 1869 » Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor († 1949)
• 1874 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales († 1941)
• 1882 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English women's suffrage movement leader and socialist activist († 1960)

• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)

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.
• March 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
• July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
• August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
• November 30 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.

The temperature on May 5, 1864 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 30%.