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• Albert Propstra, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1868)
• Alberto Carlos dos Passos Macedo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Anna Cornelia Tilburgs, Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België († 1894)
• Andries Cornax, Delft († 1866)
• Aalbertje van Halteren, Bunschoten,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1894)
• Adrianus Maria Oolders, Heemstede († 1864)
• Anna Catharina van Beurden, Tilburg († 1865)
• Abraham Posener, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriana Flipse, Middelburg, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Catharina Van Beurden, Tilburg,Noord Brabant,Netherlands († 1865)

• Andries Boogaard (71), Grijpskerke
• Aartjen Lubberts BRAAKMAN (63), Kampen
• Aalbert Ooms (36), Ammerstol
• Adriana van den Oever (78), Klundert
• Albert Polleman (0), Eeze
• Anke de Haan (35), Oostwold, Leek
• Andries Boogaard (71), Grijpskerke
• Anke de Haan (35), Oostwold gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Anne Frances Bankes (75)
• Albertus Bots (80), Nieuwkoop, Nederland

• 1855 » Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic († 1942)
• 1857 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer († 1891)
• 1859 » Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1862 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright († 1941)
• 1864 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day († 1948)
• 1871 » Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua († 1966)
• 1871 » Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar († 1948)
• 1872 » Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter († 1960)
• 1872 » Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal († 1918)
• 1874 » Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator († 1970)

• 1813 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)

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 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
• April 25 » American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.
• April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
• May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 1, 1864 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.