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• Adriana Boer van den, Boxtel, Nederland († 1943)
• Kluijfhout, Koudekerke († 1864)
• Anna Koster, Scho(o)ten
• Andries Bloemsma, Appelscha, Ooststellingwerf
• Harke Blaam, Stiens († 1940)
• Albert Vink, Almkerk en Uitwijk
• Aarnout Simon Bakker, Heinkenszand († 1903)
• Aaltje Holtkamp, Wymeer
• Aart Borren, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• abram gerhardus paris, kwadijk

• Albertus Bohmer (6), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham Boer (67), Leiden
• * Theodora Maria Baars (0), Eerbeek, Gem. Brummen, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Maria Petronella Vervloet (65), Mechelen, Antwerpen, België
• Alfred Schaedtler (55)
• Amelia Hemeryck (45), Kortemark
• Feischl (0), Wenen
• Antje Rustenburg (0), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Jacobs (12), Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Pieters Eits (17), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1847 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland († 1906)
• 1848 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist († 1919)
• 1851 » Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka († 1930)
• 1864 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor († 1915)
• 1865 » Harry Chauvel, Australian general († 1945)
• 1866 » José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1918)
• 1867 » Wilbur Wright, American inventor († 1912)
• 1871 » John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1909)
• 1874 » Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general († 1936)
• 1878 » R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer († 1914)

• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)

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.
• February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
• May 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
• May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
• August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• December 8 » Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.

The temperature on April 16, 1864 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 24%.