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• Adriana Schouten, Gouderak († 1865)
• Adrianus van Baal, Princenhage († 1938)
• * Petronella Kolen, Vlijmen († 1925)
• Arend Huisman, Lemsterland († 1866)
• Anne Marie HERZET, GEMMENICH, Liège, Belgique († 1911)
• Anna Berendina Friebel, Nijmegen († 1947)
• Arie Gille, Rozenburg, Nederland († 1940)
• Aaltje Jans Oosterloo, Appelscha
• Arend Huisman, Oosterzee, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Ann Forbes, Whitemire, Dyke († 1958)

• Ann Eilbeck Mason (73), King George, King George, Virginia, United States
• Aaltje Cramer (0), Lemele
• Arjen Wybes Wybenga (69)
• Barbara Strolenberg (2), Kerkrade
• Berend van het Veld (1), Veessen (Heerde)
• Aaltje Lam (15), Zaandam
• Adriaan FRANCKEN (39), Koudekerk aan den Rijn
• Adrianus Koster (67), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Van Laar (8), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carel Theodorus Sagius, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nl

• 1850 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet († 1919)
• 1851 » Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France († 1923)
• 1854 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group († 1920)
• 1854 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
• 1855 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician († 1926)
• 1855 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist and climatologist († 1913)
• 1857 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator († 1944)
• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician 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.
• 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 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
• September 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.

The temperature on November 5, 1864 was about 8.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.