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• Adolf Sloots*, Oosterbroek, gem. Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Stevenson Jones
• Arie Plug, Katwijk aan Zee († 1872)
• Adrianus Peijs, Tilburg († 1949)
• Zoet, Wildervank († 1864)
• Albert Alexander Brouwer, Jakarta, Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia († 1911)
• Arie Klarenbeek, Maarssen († 1865)
• Adriana Nuijten, Princenhage († 1951)
• Anna Clementia Augustina Maria van Oost, Gent (B)
• Albertje STRIJK, Drijber (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1915)

• Agnis Berendsen (83), IJsselhunten
• Tjitte Jelmers Visser (64), Idaarderadeel
• Antje Kornelis Walma (6), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• alewijn VOS (0), klaaswaal
• Benedictus Antonius ( Messiaen ) Missiaen, Wulpen
• Anna Tuggle Dunn WilliamTuggle (83), Greene, Georgia, United States
• Anna Elizabeth Sesink (61), Kamperveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Betje Nobel (1), hollum
• (m) Blecher (0), Hesselbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Agnis Agnes Berendsen (83), Gendringen

• 1852 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic († 1917)
• 1852 » William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon († 1922)
• 1853 » Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen († 1923)
• 1861 » Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH († 1942)
• 1863 » Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist († 1954)
• 1865 » Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright († 1947)
• 1865 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter († 1933)
• 1865 » Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter († 1938)
• 1867 » John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist († 1948)
• 1876 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar († 1968)

• 1835 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)

• 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 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
• April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
• May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
• June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
• 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 September 23, 1864 was about 13.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.