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• Adriana van Falier, Hedikhuizen († 1874)
• Aaltje Guigelaar, Kerkenveld († 1956)
• (Stillborn) VAN IKEMA, Eenrum Groningen Netherlands († 1864)
• Adriana Jansdr. Bezemer, Zwijndrecht
• Adriana Bezemer, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• GEERLING, Balloo (Rolde), Drenthe, Nederland († 1864)
• Albert Steen
• Aaltjen Riphagen 9 († 1864)
• Albert Karels, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1864)
• "Anna" Marie Mathilde de Gruben, Anvers, Belgique († 1932)

• Alida Wilhelmus (63), Zaamslag
• Anna Catharina Scheurwege(n) (68), Schelle, 2627, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aaltje Jans Meester (77), Het Meer, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Meister (77), t Meer
• Adrianus Michielsen (60), Ginneken en Bavel
• Aaltje Jans Meester (77), 't Meer
• Aaltje Meester (77), 't Meer, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert van der Tuuk (71), Obergum, Groningen, Nederland
• (Stillborn) WILDSCHUT (0), Heeg (Wymbritseradeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Abraham van Rijn (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1853 » Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia († 1920)
• 1859 » Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator († 1935)
• 1860 » Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary († 1927)
• 1864 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer († 1943)
• 1865 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior († 1950)
• 1867 » Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí († 1956)
• 1871 » Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d.1929)
• 1876 » Hippolyte Aucouturier, French cyclist († 1944)
• 1878 » Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba († 1953)
• 1880 » Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector († 1977)

• 1806 » Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
• 1836 » Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
• 1837 » Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)

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.
• June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
• 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.
• December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
• December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

The temperature on October 17, 1864 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.