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• Adriaantje de Jong, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1897)
• Albert de Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, Hanovre (Hannover), 03241, Allemagne († 1930)
• Anthonie Franciscus Alemans, Rotterdam († 1867)
• Arie Kaptein, Heinenoord († 1954)
• Arie Aaart Adrianus van der Lee, Delft, ZH, Nederland († 1916)
• Antje Fransen, Vlaardingen († 1867)
• Anne Maria Jasken, Oomsberg (Onstwedde) († 1948)
• Aleida Martens, Zierikzee († 1865)
• Aloysius Hoorelbeke, Klerken,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aloys Hoorelbeke, Klerken

• Antonio Ribeiro da Silva (83), Conceição do Rio Verde, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Anna Gertruid Booten (78), Mechelen (Maasmechelen), Limburg (B)
• Annigje Middelkoop (0), Leerdam
• (46), Semarang, Java, Indonesia
• Anna Nagel (76), Ommen
• Johanna Adriana Prillevitz (53), Zaltbommel
• Albert Nooteboom (42), Deventer
• Adrianus Bastiaan Quartel (0), Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonetta SWARTS (74), Wanroij,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Colleta Soenens (36), Hulste, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1837 » Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada († 1886)
• 1839 » Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive († 1916)
• 1853 » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic († 1920)
• 1868 » Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright († 1944)
• 1870 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player († 1939)
• 1871 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)

• 1845 » Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
• 1878 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

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.
• 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.
• 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 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.

The temperature on July 17, 1864 was about 19.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.