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• Aart (2) Batenburg, Zuidland, Gem. Brielle, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1865)
• Aleida Hermina ter Voorde, Krommenie,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Adriana van Gelder, Rotterdam
• anna kemper, drouwendermond († 1869)
• Anna Klasina van Loenen, Weidum, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Catharina SCHNELL, Eschweiler-Hastenrath,52249,Städteregion Aachen,NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN,DEUTSCHLAND († 1937)
• Alice Demaseure, Brugge, België († 1920)
• Adriana Weeda, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Aaltje Hollander, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Albert Steenbergen, Lageveen, Zuidwolde, de Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1864)

• Anna Maria Sweens (28), Udenhout
• Aarjen Blom (17), Broek op L'dijk
• Elisabeth van Orsouw (46), Tiel
• CONSTANTINA CAMERMAN (0), DOEL,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anna Catherine de Meester (58), Mechelen (Heffen), Antwerpen, België
• Adriaan Eekelen van (63), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Bakker (20)
• Adriana Francisca Kirch (63), Ootmarsum
• van Waveren (0), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Beata Markusdotter Mattler-Broman (34), Malax (Maalahti), Ostrobothnia, Finland

• 1847 » Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain († 1876)
• 1848 » Alfred David Benjamin, Australian-born businessman and philanthropist. († 1900)
• 1861 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic († 1942)
• 1867 » Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist († 1920)
• 1872 » Archduke Joseph August of Austria († 1962)
• 1874 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1947)
• 1875 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1959)
• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)

• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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 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.
• 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.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
• 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 9, 1864 was about 14.5 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.