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• Adriaan Sannen, Hoeven, 4741, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Maria (Hubertina) Gossen, Nieuwenhagen († 1952)
• Anicet Bertin TRINEL, Robecq, 62713, Pas de Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Aalbert de Graaf, Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1919)
• Aafke Bos, Avereest († 1865)
• Andrew Hill Poe, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• Antje Koster, Midwolda († 1864)
• Annegien Boonstra, Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1907)
• Adrianus van Hoorn, Buren (GL) († 1910)
• Alexander Todd, Inverkeithing, fifeshire († 1941)

• Anna Agnita Margaretha Jakoba Stoop (30), Dedemsvaart
• Adriaantje (Jaantje) Kokshoorn (72), Voorschoten, ZH, Nederland
• Antje van den Berg (1), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adriana Dieleman (0), Axel
• Anna Heemskerk (8), Rijnsburg
• (59), Poppel
• Anna Berendina Koppelman (1), Groenlo
• Albertus Logtenberg (2), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amandus Pottier (0), Zandvoorde, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Maria LENAERTS (72), Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium

• 1850 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff († 1908)
• 1862 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1868 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1870 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor († 1935)
• 1876 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic († 1957)
• 1877 » Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient († 1959)
• 1878 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua († 1923)
• 1879 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist († 1985)
• 1883 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic († 1946)
• 1884 » Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer († 1957)

• 1816 » Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1741)
• 1825 » Odysseas Androutsos, Greek soldier (b. 1788)
• 1826 » Carl Maria von Weber, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1786)
• 1866 » John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)

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 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
• March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
• April 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
• April 25 » American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.
• 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.
• November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.

The temperature on June 5, 1864 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.