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• Aagje Voogt, Pernis († 1865)
• Adolphus Constanius De Meireleir‎ (De Meirleir), Antwerpen, België († 1865)
• AALTJE JARING, ENKHUIZEN († 1932)
• Adriana Catharina Elizabeth uit de Willigen, Oud-en Nieuw Gastel (N.-B.) († 1919)
• Adrianus Meeuwis Neelemans, Klundert († 1946)
• Andries Boomsma, Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands († 1931)
• Abraham Cornelis Mees, Rotterdam († 1950)
• 00 Cornelia Baars, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Albert Jan van Stavel, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van TILBURG, Wouw (N.Br. Nl) († 1934)

• Baukje Melles Kuipers (66), Tzummarum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arie den Hoedt (49), Overschie
• Adriana Wilhelmina van der Willigen (1), Rotterdam
• Aart van den Brink (24), Linschoten zie Utrecht-Montfoort-Linschoten
• Anna Catherina Roeffen (76), Oss
• Antoinus Franciscus van Es (2), Amersfoort
• Anna de Ronde (0), Vlaardingen
• Baukje Melles Kuiken (66)
• Aartje van der Blom (0), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina LEMMENS (35), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi

• 1839 » János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator († 1917)
• 1843 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1924)
• 1854 » Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author († 1926)
• 1867 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company († 1919)
• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)

• 1805 » Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)
• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (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.
• February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
• May 15 » American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
• October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.

The temperature on December 23, 1864 was about -8.8 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.