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• Aillina Rijkens, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1929)
• Engelen († 1864)
• Ângelo de Arruda Moraes, Itu, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aletta Geertruida Stuart, Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1932)
• Adriana de Jong, Pijnacker († 1875)
• Alida Maria Kroes, Amsterdam (NL)
• Albert Meijer, Farmsum (Delfzijl, Groningen) († 1881)
• Anne Piers Bosma, Kollum
• Alice, Mélanie DECOTTIGNIES, Lille, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France († 1912)
• Aart Bleijenberg, Doorn, Nederland († 1949)

• Aaltjen SLIJKHUIS (73), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje van Kampen (81), Poederoijen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Theodori van Zoggel (82), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen Slijkhuijs (73), Deventer (73jr)
• Aike Berends Meems (59), Kibbelgaarn Veendam Groningen Nederland
• (Willemina) Cornelia de Zeeuw (43), Hoek
• Adrianus Lambertus Theodorus (Adriaan) van Zoggel (82), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Lambertus (adriaan) van Zoggel (82), Berlicum, Nederland
• Alida Piekaar (4), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Theodori van Zoggel (83), Berlicum

• 1843 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1907)
• 1848 » Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint († 1902)
• 1872 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player († 1950)
• 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1886 » Frank Clement, British racing driver († 1970)
• 1888 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author († 1921)
• 1890 » Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic († 1977)

• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)

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 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
• September 29 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
• September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
• December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
• 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.
• 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 June 15, 1864 was about 16.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.