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• Albert Vink, Almkerk en Uitwijk
• Pruym, Antwerpen
• Adriana Voesenek, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Adolf Pieper, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Oosterbaan († 1864)
• Anna Adriana Nagtegaal, Goudswaard, Nederland († 1865)
• Aart Borren, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Ame Munting, Usquert,, Groningen, Nederland († 1928)
• Andries Bloemsma, Appelscha, Ooststellingwerf
• Andries Bloemsma, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1865)

• Anna Eits (17), emmen
• Abraham Hendriks (3), Groede
• Anna Barbara van Lier (1), Beesel, Limburg, Nederland
• Amelia Hemeryck (45), Kortemark
• Albertus Bohmer (6), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Rustenburg (0), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Schaedtler (55)
• Aaltje Bruins (2), Slagharen
• Feischl (0), Wenen
• * Theodora Maria Baars (0), Eerbeek, Gem. Brummen, Gelderland, NL

• 1847 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland († 1906)
• 1848 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist († 1919)
• 1851 » Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka († 1930)
• 1864 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor († 1915)
• 1865 » Harry Chauvel, Australian general († 1945)
• 1866 » José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1918)
• 1867 » Wilbur Wright, American inventor († 1912)
• 1871 » John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright († 1909)
• 1874 » Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general († 1936)
• 1878 » R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer († 1914)

• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)

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 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
• July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
• September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
• September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
• November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
• December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.

The temperature on April 16, 1864 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 24%.