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• Albert Keijser, De Waal († 1954)
• Adriana Farla, Zevenbergen († 1940)
• Albertus (4) Vos, Baarn († 1889)
• Albert Keijser, De Waal (Texel) († 1954)
• Reinier Marinus van Eijk, utrecht († 1920)
• Albert KOK, Zaandijk († 1923)
• Aldert van der Laan, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Pieternella Olree, Zierikzee († 1867)
• Aaltje Lodeweges, Holten, Rijssen-Holten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1946)
• HOOGEWERF, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1864)

• Aartje de Jong (0), Ammerstol (gem. Krimpenerwaard)
• Anna Sophia Prinses Sapieha-Kodenska (66), Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Meijer (0), Zuilichem, Nederland
• Aaltje HOEFLAAK (29), Ottoland (NL/ZH)
• Anna Sapieha Kodenska (66), Montpellier, 34000, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, FRANCE
• Aaltje Hoevelaken (29), Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Carstens (81), West-Ochtersum
• Adriaan Brekelmans (77), Udenhout, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Zofia Sapieha (64), Montpellier, Hérault, France
• Kraak (0), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1865 » Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school († 1935)
• 1867 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator († 1915)
• 1868 » Charles Harvey Bollman, American naturalist († 1889)
• 1868 » Emanuel Lasker, German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher († 1941)
• 1869 » Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician († 1952)
• 1872 » Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player († 1927)
• 1875 » Émile Wegelin, French rower († 1962)
• 1877 » Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic († 1979)
• 1879 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet († 1941)
• 1879 » Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1952)

• 1844 » Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803)
• 1863 » William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
• 1865 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
• 1867 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire(b. 1797)
• 1868 » Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
• 1872 » William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820)
• 1873 » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1879 » Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)

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.
• March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
• April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.

The temperature on December 24, 1864 was about -5.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.