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• Anna Smedeman, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1899)
• Adrianus Blom, Raamsdonk († 1950)
• anna virginie RICHARD, Jemappes (Belgium)
• Antonius Adrianus van Eekert, Besoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Annie Kay Coon, West Monroe, Ouachita, La († 1930)
• Antje Zijlstra, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1930)
• Arie Kooij, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antje Wiegers Zijlstra, Twijzel
• Antje Zijlstra, Twijzel, Gem. Achtkarspelen († 1930)

• Amandus Ferket (60), Sint Jansteen, Nederland
• Annetje Cornelia van Reijn (74), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Bernardus van den Ham (61), Culemborg
• Anna Gertud Veenker (1), Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems)
• Adriana van den Akker (20), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Waas (0), Gouda
• Anna Maria Peperkoorn (32), Heemstede
• Aart van Wijk (63), Giessendam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• "Harmtje" Jacobsdr Vermeulen (65), De Waal (Texel)
• Catherine Jean (63), Crest, 26108, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France

• 1826 » Frederic Edwin Church, American painter († 1900)
• 1827 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer († 1864)
• 1851 » Thomas Dewing, American painter († 1938)
• 1852 » Alice Liddell, English model († 1934)
• 1855 » Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog († 1872)
• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)

• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)

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 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
• 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.
• October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.

The temperature on May 4, 1864 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 34%.