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• Albert Jan Bielderman, Gorssel († 1956)
• Aagje Klant, Schoorldam († 1949)
• Angelina De Beukelaer, Wilmarsdonk († 1865)
• Aaltje Bonestroo, Oldebroek († 1881)
• Andreas Brinker, Ezinge († 1893)
• ADRIANA VAN DEN BERG, OVERSCHIE († 1951)
• Anna Maria Louisa DARIMONT, Vroenhoven, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1947)
• Adriane Anna Maria Metzel, Utrecht
• Aaltje Nijenhuis, Steenwijkerwold († 1934)
• Albert Strijker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1908)

• Barta van den Hoven (1), Amersfoort
• Annegijn Renkema (77)
• Anna Maria Goeissen (35), Merkelbeek, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van Musch (30), Urmond, Stein
• Anna Cornelia van den Enden (8), Oudenbosch, 4731, Nederland
• Annegijn Jans Renkema (77), Sebaldeburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Brakert (77)
• Adrianus van Vuuren (59), Gouda
• Adriaen van Venrooij (38), Made en Drimmmelen
• Antonij Greef de (88), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1856 » Giuseppe Martucci, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1909)
• 1857 » Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 1931)
• 1857 » William Russell, American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Massachusetts († 1896)
• 1859 » Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic († 1938)
• 1861 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian († 1940)
• 1861 » Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde († 1947)
• 1870 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany († 1944)
• 1872 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer († 1915)
• 1874 » Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer († 1948)
• 1878 » Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina († 1970)

• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
• 1840 » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
• 1855 » Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
• November 30 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.

The temperature on January 6, 1864 was about -1.0 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.