About the day » Thursday August 4, 1864Calender converter

• Aloijsia Bernardina Linssen, Boxmeer († 1865)
• Adrianus Dominicus van EEKELEN, Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
• Abraham Isaac Goldman, Kaunas, Lietuva
• Andries de Gelder, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Heylen, Olen († 1864)
• Adrianus Cornelis Robben, Berkel-Enschot († 1942)
• Abelina Postema, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aart Dirk van Hattem, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jansen, Lingen (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1864)
• Anna Elizabeth Sophia CILLIERS († 1937)

• Catharina Elisabeth Coonen (39)
• Heylen (0), Olen
• Alida ZOCK (50), Dordrecht
• Alida van Hartingsveldt (35), Hellevoetsluis
• Adelheid (Aaltje) ter HORST (52), Suderwick, Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Anna Margaretha Weerts (60), Hulsberg, Nuth
• ANNA MARIA KÖHNE (37), OVERSCHIE
• Arent Krommendam (80), Azelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Slomp (46), Hoogeveen,Gemeente Hoogeveen,Drenthe,Nederland
• Aaltjen Slomp (46), Hoogeveen

• 1844 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader († 1929)
• 1853 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter, etcher, and academic († 1902)
• 1859 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1952)
• 1867 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach († 1918)
• 1870 » Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer († 1950)
• 1871 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales († 1934)
• 1876 » Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician († 1970)
• 1876 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia († 1934)
• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)

• 1822 » Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
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.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
• September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
• 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 August 4, 1864 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.