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• Annetje de Wilde, Amsterdam († 1953)
• "Johanna" Maria Timmermans, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1926)
• Aaltje Doves, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aleida Geertruida Johanna ten Cate ov, Enschede {OV}
• Ann Quinn, Cravenny Irish, Aghaloo, Aughnacloy, Clogher, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Antonia van den Heuvel, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1865)
• Huigen, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1872)
• Akke Hendrik Hiemstra († 1941)
• Antje van der Veen, Harderwijk
• Anna Staadegaard, Bergen, Nederland († 1938)

• Arend Kappers (76), Olst
• Aaltje van Duijnen (49), Putten-Diermen H 18
• Albert Willemszoon BROODBAKKER (69), Kampen (Overijssel)
• Antonia Evers (15), Denekamp
• Anna Margaretha Richter (85), Brussel,,Brussels Capital Region,Belgique
• Andries (Andrys) Gerbens van der Laan (62), Het Bildt, Fr, The Netherlands
• David McDonald (79), Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
• Catharina Cristina ARONDS, Padang
• Aaltje BATTJES (0), 't Zandt Groningen Netherlands
• Ariaantje Teunisd Speksnijder (76), Groot-Ammers

• 1860 » José Figueroa Alcorta, President of Argentina, († 1931)
• 1861 » Camillo Laurenti, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church († 1938)
• 1862 » Edvard Westermarck, Finnish philosopher and sociologist († 1939)
• 1862 » Georges Palante, French philosopher and sociologist († 1925)
• 1864 » Percy Cox, British Indian Army officer († 1937)
• 1866 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge († 1944)
• 1866 » Maria Letizia Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte († 1926)
• 1867 » Gustav Giemsa, German chemist and bacteriologist († 1948)
• 1867 » Patrick Joseph Hayes, American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church († 1938)
• 1869 » Zinaida Gippius, Russian writer and editor († 1945)

• 1856 » Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)
• 1864 » Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
• 1866 » Otto Karl Berg, German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1880 » Léon Cogniet, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1882 » Henry Draper, American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837)
• 1886 » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1903 » Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier

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 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
• May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
• June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• 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.
• November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
• December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.

The temperature on November 20, 1864 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.