About the day » Saturday August 6, 1864Calender converter

• Arie Blokland, Hardinxveld († 1902)
• Arie Hartman, Zijpe
• Anna Catharina Bonten, Wittem, Nederland
• Alida Middelhof, Steenwijkerwold († 1946)
• Antje van der Veer, Opsterland († 1877)
• Abel Séraphin VINCENDON, Lieudieu,38440,Isère,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Aart van de Ven, Dordrecht
• Agatha Johanna Maria van de Water, Schiedam († 1941)
• Arie Ketting, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• - Douwes, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1864)

• Alexander Gray (47), Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Niemans (76), Dongen
• Aaltje van der Maten (67), Wapenveld, Nederland
• Adolf Tielenius Kruythof (47), Paramaribo, Suriname
• Anna Christina Hermsen (0), Nijmegen GL NL
• Aaltje van der Maten (Klaas) (67), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde)
• adrianus BERKHOUT (37), spijkenisse
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• Adrianus van de Wouw (14), Gorinchem
• Aaltje Goedhart (26)

• 1846 » Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant († 1888)
• 1848 » Susie Taylor, American writer and first black Army nurse († 1912)
• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)
• 1883 » Scott Nearing, American economist and educator († 1983)

• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)

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.
• April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
• May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
• June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
• 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 August 6, 1864 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.