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• Meuser, Odersberg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1864)
• Adriana Elisabeth van den Horn, Amsterdam
• Adriaan Kamp, Willemstad, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1865)
• Adriana Maria van der Zande, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1931)
• Alexander van Alphen, Alem, Maren en Kessel († 1865)
• Anna Catharina Koch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Ada M Watson, Canada († 1934)
• Aaltje Bozua, Dordrecht († 1952)
• Aleijda Heijmen, Beek, Bergh, Nederland († 1932)
• Adriana Maria Govaarts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)

• Adrianus van Ingen (70), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Aarts Burggraaff (70), Zegveld, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aldert Jans TEN WOLDE (61), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
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• Angenitha Catharina Katrina Lueders (70), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Otten (65), Hebelermeer, Twist, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Meuser (0), Odersberg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany
• Aldert Jansz (de) ten Wolde (61), Westzaan
• Albertus Verbaan (51), Yzendijke
• Anna Catharina De Cuyper (81), Boortmeerbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

• 1861 » Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator († 1917)
• 1863 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet († 1952)
• 1865 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet († 1918)
• 1866 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist († 1944)
• 1867 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian († 1951)
• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)

• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)

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 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
• May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.

The temperature on December 16, 1864 was about -9.5 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.