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• Anna van der Ham, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alle Jeltes Bakker, Lichtaard († 1943)
• Agatha Catharina Wensveen, Wassenaar († 1924)
• Alida Kouwenhoven, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Anna Cornelia Van Tilborg, Wilmarsdonk († 1865)
• Andrew Balzer, Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania († 1938)
• Albertus Antonius Faase († 1915)
• Anna Elisabeth Sophia Kortebein, Apeldoorn
• Adrianus Petrus Janssen, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Alice Anne Rush, Kesgrave, Suffolk, England

• Arie Butzelaar (0), Soest
• anna maria de HEUS (11), mijnsheerenland
• Arend van der Laan (0), Winschoten
• Antonius Augustinus Mertens (0), Herenthout, België
• * Levenloos kind Koopman (0), Huttenberg, Gem. Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, NL
• Abraham de Waard (41), Kapelle
• van der Meij (0), Gorssel (Lochem), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Voort (31), Uden, NB, Nederland
• Antonie Bruggink (50), Zenderen, Borne, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adriaan Sergijssens (63), Fijnaart en Heijningen

• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)
• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)

• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)

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 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
• April 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
• 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 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
• October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
• November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

The temperature on August 24, 1864 was about 15.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.