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• Anna Catharina Keijer, Nieuwer Amstel
• Anne Harmens Kooistra, Nes, gemeente Utingeradeel († 1946)
• Anna Thecla Hinricks, Tinnen, Haren (Ems)
• Anna Gertrudis Hubertina Göertz, Roermond († 1938)
• Andries Dirks Homan, Niebert († 1939)
• Alida Bezuijen, 's-Gravenhage († 1954)
• Albertien Angelique Godin, Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesië († 1903)
• Andries Homan, Niebert, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1939)
• Abraham VanDop, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Andries HOMAN, Niebert Groningen Netherlands († 1939)

• Adelaide Peters (61), Groesbeek
• Abraham Loijsen (79), Groede, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Baijens (46)
• (75), Huisseling, Nederland
• Arendje Helena van Santen (35), Kralingen
• Antonia Leenderts Kool (74), Stolwijk, 2821, Nederland
• Arentje Helena van Santen (35), Kralingen, Nederland
• Aaltje Tieses Bijzitter, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Barbara Jacoba Kyndt (75), Koolkerke
• Adriaan Baijens (46), Wolphaartsdijk

• 1854 » Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet († 1888)
• 1860 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist († 1938)
• 1864 » Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist († 1958)
• 1867 » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator († 1911)
• 1875 » Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist († 1966)
• 1877 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager († 1952)
• 1879 » Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts († 1968)
• 1880 » Billy Wedlock, English footballer († 1965)
• 1880 » Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1940)
• 1881 » Vin Coutie, Australian footballer († 1951)

• 1818 » Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
• 1841 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
• 1857 » Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
• 1879 » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)

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 17 » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
• 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 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
• October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
• December 8 » Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on October 28, 1864 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.