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• Amélia Júlia de Mariz Lima e Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Adriana Maria Govaarts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana van der Helm, Naaldwijk
• Adriana van der Helm, Naaldwijk
• Anna de Boer, Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adriana Maria van der Zande, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Alida Theodora Elizabeth Josephina Hulsen, Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Hank, Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Aldert Hofman, Aduard Gem Zuidhorn († 1884)
• Adolf "A D" Schrank, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1924)

• Achsah Fairbanks (78), Rome, Oneida, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aldert de Wolde (61), Westzaan, Nederland
• Adriana de Bie (60), Halsteren
• Aaldert ten Wolde (61), Westzaan, Nederland
• Aldert Jansz (de) ten Wolde (61), Westzaan
• Aldert Jans TEN WOLDE (61), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Ingen (70), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Ingen (70), Vlijmen
• Antonia Barbara Lambregts (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Sybilla Römer (59), Maarssen

• 1861 » Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1863 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet († 1952)
• 1865 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet († 1918)
• 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
• 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)

• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)

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 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
• June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
• June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• 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.
• November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.

The temperature on December 16, 1864 was about -9.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.