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• Aagje Duijverman, ,, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1952)
• Anna Jacoba Philippo, Haarlem († 1934)
• Aleida Berger, Arnhem († 1964)
• Aaltje Kosters, Gramsbergen
• Albert van de Riet, Wijthmen, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1934)
• Albert Kok, Zwollerkerspel († 1864)
• Anna Catharina Wilhelmina Westermann, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Jacoba Philippo, Haarlem († 1934)
• Leijen, zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van de Riet, Wijthem († 1934)

• Antje Annetje LUGTENBERG LUCHTENBURG (65), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Aaltjen Hendriks (70), Toldijk
• Bernardus Hermanus Hilboesen (5), Dokkum
• Annigje Kranevoet (48), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Groenestein (74), Amersfoort
• Antonius Wilhelmus Geertman (0), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Katharina Lütz (2)
• Alida Christina van Haard (45), Harderwijk
• Bastiana Roeloffina Mur (10), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje EENHOORN (46), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)

• 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)

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 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
• April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
• April 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
• September 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.

The temperature on April 15, 1864 was about 8.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 39%.