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• Aart Stuij, Bleskensgraaf, ZUI, Nederland
• Adrianus Kanis, Strijen, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Abe JONG, St. Johannesga († 1949)
• Andreas Strand Strompedal, Strompedal, Namsskogan († 1961)
• Adriana van ES, Dubbeldam († 1942)
• Adriana Verboven, Wouw, NL († 1864)
• Andries Verrips, Everdingen († 1900)
• Adriana Catharina Gudde, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriana Verboven, Wouw (Roosendaal) (Noord-Brabant) († 1864)
• Adriana Fluit, Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)

• Aart van Rietschoten (82), Numansdorp, 3281, Nederland
• Adriana Kanbier (1), Leiden
• Bastiaan van der Waal (1), Pernis
• Aafje Veul (11), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus Quirinus Kolff (1), Rotterdam
• Anna Clara Jongen (0), Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf, Limburg, The Netherlands
• Barbara Derboven (51), Wespelaar, België
• Berend Jan Egbertsen (38), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana van Polanen (1), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Aart (5), Halsteren, N-Br, NL

• 1840 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber († 1921)
• 1847 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver († 1903)
• 1848 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant († 1882)
• 1848 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic († 1907)
• 1852 » Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan († 1919)
• 1866 » Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1963)
• 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)

• 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)

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.
• May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
• December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on February 5, 1864 was about -1.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.