About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1864Calender converter

• Achilles Arnoldus Peuters, Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Ververs, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Harmanus Arentsen, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• van der Plas
• Adrianus Paijmans, Nieuwkuijk († 1866)
• Annigje Hendriks Pelleboer, IJsselmuiden, Ov. Nederland († 1945)
• Arie Brinkers, Zoetermeer
• Aderika Ouwehand, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Andries Jacobus Pieterse, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1896)
• Amalie Wilhelmine Pfaff, Arborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1894)

• Anna-Maria Gerrits De Kruif (61), Odijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abram Vrijenhoek (0), Overschie
• Adrianus van REIJEN (25), Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Amelia VERBEURGT (38), Schorisse,9688,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Maria de Kruif (61), Odijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Houtepen (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Elisabeth Vrouwenvelder (42), 's-Gravenhage
• Age Jans de Vries (0), Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arina Hudig (22), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Jans de Vries (0), Wijmbritseradeel

• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)

• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)

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. Leendert
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
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.
• June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
• August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
• 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 May 11, 1864 was about 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.