About the day » Tuesday February 2, 1864Calender converter

• Adrianus Marinus Verhoeven, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• adolphe BRULARD, Auchel (F-62)
• Amos William Ezzy, Kurrajong, NSW, AU († 1891)
• Huisman
• Alida Toornstra, Dokkum
• Adrianus Carolus Borgers, Oud-Turnhout (B-Antw.) († 1923)
• Adriana de Nooijer, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1906)
• Abraham van Dijk, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1952)
• Albert Veldhuizen, Boyl († 1865)
• Adolf Tielkemeijer, Utrecht († 1904)

• Ancelmus-Petrus VAN HOOFF (83), 's Hertogenbosch
• Alida Cornelia Zwang (1), Gemeente Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ancelmus Petrus van Hoof (83), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Melisz Vos (59), Huizen
• "Jacques Philippe" Marin Labiche (77), Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France
• Altena (0), Holthone, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Alphons Egidius van Dijck (18), Eindhoven
• Abraham Gerard van Stipriaan Lu√Øscius (66), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Andries Langkamp (66), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• (55), Wognum

• 1856 » Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate († 1938)
• 1856 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer († 1905)
• 1857 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher († 1918)
• 1860 » Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1915)
• 1861 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum († 1949)
• 1862 » Émile Coste, French fencer († 1927)
• 1862 » Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder († 1912)
• 1866 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic († 1927)
• 1873 » Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1956)
• 1873 » Leo Fall, Austrian composer († 1925)

• 1831 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)

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 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
• April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
• 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.
• May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on February 2, 1864 was about -0.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.