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• Aaltje Bode, Avereest
• Aaltje van den Belt, IJsselmuiden, Nederland
• Aaltje Koppes, Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Gertrude Brouns, Simpelveld († 1937)
• adhémar VERSET, Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Aaltje van den Belt, IJsselmuiden {OV} († 1927)
• Ambrosius Jacobus Hallebeek, Utrecht († 1936)
• Anna Geertruij van Eijndt, Utrecht
• Anna Maria COOMANS, Amersfoort
• Adriana Francisca Abels, Amsterdam († 1931)

• Adelheid Maria Hake (71), Altharen (D)
• Aaltje Jans van Dijk (50), Augustinusga
• Akke Haantjes (72), Amsterdam
• Adriana Faas (94), Hoek
• Albert Jansen (70), Beverwijk
• Aaltje Jans van Dijk (50), Augustinusga
• Alida Leliveld (41), Schiedam
• Albert Meilof (63), De Leeuwte (Vollenhove Ambt), Ov, The Netherlands
• Alida Amse (74), Edam
• Albert Hermens Meijlof (62), Ambt Vollenhove

• 1857 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1857 » Eugène Atget, French photographer († 1927)
• 1861 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author († 1937)
• 1866 » Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher († 1938)
• 1869 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor († 1884)
• 1870 » Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer († 1922)
• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)

• 1799 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1724)
• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)

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.
• May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
• July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
• November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
• December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.

The temperature on February 12, 1864 was about 2.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.