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• Aike TENINGA, Niehove (Oldehove) Groningen Netherlands († 1906)
• Cornelia Ba(a)ten, Steenbergen († 1865)
• Alida Pieters Papenburg, Baarn († 1937)
• de Vos, Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Papenburg, Baarn († 1937)
• Aleida Koster, Braamt (ge,nld) († 1874)
• Adriana Petronella Christina Perdon, Utrecht († 1943)
• Adrianus POOTS, Dordrecht († 1866)
• Aalk Visser, Hemelumer OLdeferd gem. Koudum († 1944)
• Aagje Breeuwer, Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1896)

• Catriena Verschuur (70), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Antonius van Os (27), Ouder-Amstel
• Arij Melisz van der Wulp (79), Heinenoord*, Nederland
• Antonius BEEKS (25), Arnhem (NL/GE)
• Anna Maria Bomans (67), Klein-Gelmen, België
• Allegonda Teunissen Kolkman, Middel / Olst
• Aaltje Berg van den (4), Genemuiden
• Adrianus Meulenbroek (0), Kampen
• Arie Melis ( metselaar ) van der Wulp (79), Heinenoord, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Arie Melisz Van Der WULP (79), Heinenoord

• 1849 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1853 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic († 1937)
• 1853 » Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar († 1931)
• 1863 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer († 1914)
• 1872 » Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1872 » William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1875 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot († 1946)
• 1875 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author († 1941)
• 1876 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company († 1932)
• 1878 » Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician († 1968)

• 1855 » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
• 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)

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 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
• April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
• May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
• June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• June 29 » At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
• 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.

The temperature on December 6, 1864 was about 1.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.