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• Anna Kaatje Groeneveld, Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1950)
• ALFRED - LEON - ASTER VANNESTE, Courtrai, 8500, Flandre occidentale, Belgique († 1920)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van van Eijk, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 1864)
• Aagtje Kuiper, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1906)
• Antonius Leonardus Thomas van Luik, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Alphonsius JESOIRENS, Overslag,,PAYS BAS († 1937)
• Arie van Waateringe, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Huizenga, Saaxumhuizen
• Alice Isabella Guppy, St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands
• Aaltje Sjoerds van der Meer Teyema, Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)

• Arie Hoek (0), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Aart Fukkink (1), Driebergen
• Claartje Isaac de Jong (79), Harderwijk
• Albartus Alberts (71), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Pleizier (68), Raalte
• Arie Hoek (0), Katwijk
• Antonia (Teune) Pleizier (68), Raalte
• Anthonia Lamberts Pleisier (65), raalte
• Alfred Marion Vandegrift (43), Sugar Creek, Benton, Arkansas, United States
• Arij van der Wulp (79), Heinenoord

• 1846 » Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer († 1918)
• 1849 » Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization († 1923)
• 1860 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland († 1940)
• 1867 » Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi († 1942)
• 1869 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist († 1946)
• 1871 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist († 1930)
• 1872 » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1874 » J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician († 1942)
• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)

• 1833 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)

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 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
• May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
• 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.
• July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• 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 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.

The temperature on July 29, 1864 was about 22.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.