About the day » Monday May 9, 1864Calender converter

• Trijntje Vierdag, Groningen († 1940)
• Aleida Sweers, Gasselternijveen († 1934)
• Aart Schimmel, Harderwijk
• Aartje van Reulder, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1864)
• de Holl, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• AAGJE PIJN, ROZENBURG († 1902)
• Amandus ROSENVELDT, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1881)
• Albert Kampen, Ridott/Illinois († 1951)
• Anna Catharina Ras
• Aagje Pijn, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Arie Pruijt (0), lekkerkerk (zuid holland)
• Amelia Bellens (40), Kerksken, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Augustin Joseph BAYOT (45), Arquennes, Henegouwen, België
• Allegonda Verhoeven (47), Besoijen
• Anna Catharina Spelmans (9), Zepperen, België
• Aaltje den Hartigh (0), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Romsom (56), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Kasteleijn (49), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Kasteleijn (55), Benschop (UTR) The Netherlands
• Abraham Voorman (38), Veenhuizen (gem. Coevorden)

• 1845 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman († 1913)
• 1850 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist († 1936)
• 1855 » Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer († 1932)
• 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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.
• April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
• 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.
• August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on May 9, 1864 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.