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• Achille DEVOS, Zuidschote,8904,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Adrianus Johannus Bruins, Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1925)
• Anna Elisabeth von Piekartz, De Lutte (Losser) († 1900)
• Aafke DE WOLF, Wonseradeel,Friesland,Netherlands († 1954)
• Alphonsus Henricus Mommers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Adriana Carolina Wilhelmina Gustava Desson, Kedong Kebo, Poerworedjo († 1944)
• Adrianus Sebastiaan Van Hoijdonk, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannus Bruins, Ruinen († 1925)
• Alphonsus Henricus Mommers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Maria Petronella van Reusel, Tilburg († 1875)

• Aaltje Hartman (9), Westbroek
• Albert Jonkman (0), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen (55)
• Anna Cornelia Klerks (29), Semarang
• Anne Catherine Provoost (65), Oudenburg
• Aagje Vlaming (10), Oost (Texel)
• Antonia van Heukelom (32), Veenendaal
• Adriana van Weel (0), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gerrats (68), Venray
• Andries Smallegange (7), Borssele, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1847 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast († 1924)
• 1852 » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic († 1919)
• 1852 » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish († 1921)
• 1857 » Pope Pius XI († 1939)
• 1858 » Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist († 1932)
• 1860 » Walter Sickert, English painter († 1942)
• 1863 » Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer († 1942)
• 1866 » John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus († 1936)
• 1875 » Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
• 1879 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano († 1952)

• 1831 » Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
• 1832 » Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
• 1837 » Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
• 1846 » Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1847 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
• 1848 » Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)

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.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
• May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
• June 29 » At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
• August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.

The temperature on May 31, 1864 was about 18.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.