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• Andries Anthonie van Leeuwen, Dordrecht
• Anneke Hanzes Roskam, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Havelaar, Loosduinen 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1922)
• Adriaan Catsman, Nieuw en Sint Joosland († 1928)
• Amelda Carrie Stauffer, Faribault Co, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1934)
• Anna Catharina Vleugels‏, Geel, België († 1950)
• Anna Boudina Scherpenisse, Bruinisse († 1907)
• Adriaan van Engelen, Nieuwkuijk († 1938)
• Adrianus Jacobus Clarisse, Rotterdam († 1914)
• Anna Catharina Muller b2c1d2e11f1

• Anna Maria Engel (56)
• Adriana Vermeulen (74), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adriana KOUWENHOVEN (2), oud-beijerland
• Alida Johanna Peijsel (66), Veenhuizen (Norg, Noorderveld)
• Alida Peijsel (69), Veenhuizen ( Norg ) Drente
• Anna Petronella Caton (60), Graft, Nederland
• Adriaan Marinissen (0), Oostkapelle
• Antje ANNES (3), Dantumadeel
• Antje Pieters Ekhart (7), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Pijzel (69), VEENHUIZEN (Noorderveld), Drenthe, Nederland

• 1859 » John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand († 1935)
• 1861 » Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer († 1939)
• 1862 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist († 1900)
• 1863 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France († 1933)
• 1866 » John Beresford, Irish polo player († 1944)
• 1866 » Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author († 1896)
• 1867 » Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic († 1925)
• 1867 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland († 1935)
• 1868 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet († 1937)

• 1791 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
• 1819 » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)

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 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
• March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
• April 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
• May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
• May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
• October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.

The temperature on December 5, 1864 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.