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• Aafke Bron, Oudega-Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1870)
• Alberdina Fokkert, Giethmen († 1946)
• Arend Mannessen, Den-Ham, Overijssel, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriane Maria Weerman, Weststellingwerf
• Alida Verheij, Vlaardingen († 1868)
• Anna van Veen, Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1865)
• Adriaan van Iersel, 's Gravenmoer († 1866)
• Seinen, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1864)
• Annigje Everts, Noord (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1866)
• Alphonsus van Geloven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aletta Gesina Swellens (61), Vleuten 26
• Alida Eva Boom (18), Harderwijk (Gel)
• Agatha Stolwijk (68), Utrecht Utr
• Adriana Weeda (3), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna(Johanna) van der Dussen (4), Empel
• Anna Cornelia Tilburg van (38), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthony BEAUJEAN (64), Willemstad, Curaçao
• Willemke Taekes van der Veer (19), Marssum
• Amske (Antje) Kok (35), Groningen, GR, Nederland
• Adriana Weeda (3), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1849 » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author († 1916)
• 1860 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician († 1936)
• 1866 » Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1942)
• 1870 » Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian († 1952)
• 1876 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer († 1934)
• 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)
• 1881 » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general († 1918)
• 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
• 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
• 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)

• 1849 » Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
• 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 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on October 7, 1864 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.