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• Adriana Crijnen, Kapellen
• Alke Addens, Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde) († 1935)
• Alidius Warmoldus Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1865)
• Adriaan van LIERE, Ellewoutsdijk († 1884)
• Anthonij Bas Backer, Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Lohuis, Hardenberg († 1926)
• Alida Froentjes, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• Adrianus Deutekom, Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Meulemans, Makassar, Celebes en Onderhorigheden
• den Otter, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)

• Andreas Simensen (2)
• Anne Catherine VANMARSENILLE (71), Borlo, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Catharina Geertruida Sterk (3), Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ale Korfs (70), Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands
• den Otter (0), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Goor (48), Wijster (Beilen)
• Andreas Ossewold (62), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Willems van Goor (48), Wijster, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adam Gerardus Schreiner (3), Gemeente den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Harms Boer (71), Krakeel (Hoogeveen)

• 1856 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1930)
• 1862 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernst Felle, German rower († 1959)
• 1877 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales († 1950)
• 1878 » Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint († 1938)
• 1879 » Eric Campbell, British actor († 1917)
• 1879 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1886 » Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist († 1913)
• 1886 » Ma Rainey, American singer († 1939)
• 1889 » Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)

• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)

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.
• 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 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
• July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
• October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.

The temperature on April 26, 1864 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.