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• Adriana Smalheer, Elkerzee
• Albrecht Willem Ernst Gabriël Maria Vrijheer van Stotzingen, Donzdorf, Baden-Württemberg († 1938)
• Stuijt, Purmerend († 1864)
• * Adrianus Eringaard, Rotterdam († 1919)
• Albrecht VON STOTZINGEN, Donzdorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1938)
• adriaantje de JONG, zuid beijerland († 1867)
• Adrianus Arijsz. Keizerwaard, Mijnsheerenland († 1883)
• * Emmigje (1) Lanser, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1865)
• Adrianus Cornelsz van der Hoeven, BerkelRodenrijs († 1931)
• de Wolf, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana van Broekhoven (58), Rotterdam
• Annigje Mondria (1), Vollenhove
• Anna Elisabeth Hubertina Reypholt Rijpols (48), Gouda
• Aaltje van de Kuit (2), Maartensdijk
• *Catharina Lammers (85), Den Haag, Z.H
• Clara Ellenbroek (66), Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Kingmans (0), Woudrichem, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Stuijt (0), Purmerend
• Charles Louis Debruyne (47), Klerken
• Adrianus Johannes Georgius Schoof (66), Delfshaven

• 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)

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 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
• April 17 » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
• April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
• May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
• June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.

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%.