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• Aloysius De Ceuckeleire, Dikkelvenne,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje Schinkel, Grafhorst, Nederland († 1933)
• Anna Elisabeth Elzing († 1868)
• Aloysius Bryssinck, Temse († 1865)
• Adolf Bláha, Mutějovice 64 († 1937)
• Adriaan Laban, Scherpenisse
• Agnes Mary Jane Lane († 1871)
• Abraham (Albert) Giezen, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1940)
• Adrianus van der Hoeven, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Albrecht VON STOTZINGEN, Donzdorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1938)

• Anna Elisabeth Hubertina Reijpholt (48), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Ellenbroek, Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jonker (0), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alle Michiels van der Veen (19), Wirdum
• Catharina Bommeljé (0), Koudekerke
• Anna van Herp (49), Dussen
• Beihle Lion (70), Kirchhain, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Duitsland
• Cornelis de KONING (70)
• Cornelis Metzelaar (68), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Annigje Matthijsen Mondria (1), Ambt Vollenhove

• 1845 » Will Carleton, American poet and journalist († 1912)
• 1847 » Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright († 1906)
• 1851 » George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer († 1898)
• 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
• 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
• 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
• 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
• 1886 » Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot († 1911)
• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)
• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)

• 1805 » John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
• 1821 » Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
• 1835 » Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)

• 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.
• May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
• May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
• 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 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.

The temperature on October 21, 1864 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.