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• Anna Maria Lucia Weerts, Epe, Gld, Nederland
• Adrianus van Wezenbeek, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1890)
• Adrianus Stijlaart, Achttienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1865)
• Aletta Wilhelmina Christina Fabri, Rotterdam († 1934)
• Aletta Wilhelmina Christina Fabri, Rotterdam († 1934)
• Aaltje Eikenaar, Zalk en Veecaten, Nederland († 1938)
• Adrianus van Wezenbeek, Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1890)
• Adrianus Jacobus Hendriks, Breda († 1932)
• Adriaan Boekel, Medemblik, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Frissen, Sint-Pieter, Maastricht († 1931)

• Aafke Pieters Hoekstra (74), Meppel
• Adriaan Boers (1), Udenhout
• Amelia Mossman (46), Muskingum Co, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Akke Willems de Boer (61), Metslawier, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• van Nelfen, vlissingen
• Anna Joannes BURGMANS (Borghmans) (66), Etten-Leur,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Agnes Kauwling (63), Haarlem
• Alois Verslype (1), Klerken
• Albert Eijkelenboom (74), Brandwijk, Graafstroom, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alexandrine Julie André (23), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1846 » Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1915)
• 1855 » John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company († 1926)
• 1857 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist († 1936)
• 1862 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic († 1943)
• 1862 » Frank Shuman, American inventor and engineer († 1918)
• 1872 » Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament († 1957)
• 1872 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1876 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1878 » Rutland Boughton, English composer († 1960)
• 1880 » Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician († 1967)

• 1810 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1820 » Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
• 1833 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
• 1837 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1866 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)

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 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
• April 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
• 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.
• August 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
• August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.

The temperature on January 23, 1864 was about 9.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.