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• Alida Stoute, Leiden, ZH, Nederland († 1935)
• Alida Zuidema-, Borger, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Bezemer, Zuidland, ZH, Nederland († 1943)
• Alexander de Witte, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1866)
• Alberdina Blokzijl, Noord (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1865)
• Adrianus van de Pol, Oudheusden en Elshout († 1864)
• Adrianus Johannes Franciscus van 't Hof, Rotterdam
• Aleida Kok, Meppel († 1939)
• Albertus de Groot, Barwoutswaarder († 1867)
• Albertus Steffens, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 1868)

• Adriana Gerritse Knook (75), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Ambrosia Wilhelmina Van Rijck (80), Batavia
• Adriaan van de STEENHOVEN (66), Wijk en Aalburg
• Akke Kornelis Nicolai (0), Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ambrosina Wilhelmina van Rietwijck van RIJCK (80), Batavia, Nederlands Indië, Indonesië
• Ambrosina Wilhelmina Rijck, van (80), Batavia
• Akke Kornelis Nicolai (0), Oenkerk, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Aarssen (38), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ambrosina Wilhelmina van Rijck (80), Batavia, Nederlands-Indië
• Adriana Knook (75), Fijnaart, Nederland

• 1851 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist († 1929)
• 1852 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
• 1854 » Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist († 1932)
• 1869 » Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher († 1948)
• 1871 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1871 » Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author († 1959)
• 1873 » Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager († 1963)
• 1873 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1875 » Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist († 1935)
• 1879 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator († 1955)

• 1786 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)

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.
• May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
• July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
• September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.

The temperature on October 2, 1864 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.