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• Andries Noback, Blokzijl († 1944)
• Albertus van Zeijst, Laag Soeren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriaan van 't Hof, Dinteloord en Princeland (Steenbergen), Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van der Veer, Oudenhoorn († 1922)
• Albert Jonker, Coevorden († 1888)
• Albertus van Zeist, Rheden
• Alida Koeleman, Zevenhoven, Gemeente Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Alida Koeleman, Zevenhoven († 1912)
• Anna Frederika Wilhelmina Vogt, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Cornelisen Noback, Blokzijl († 1944)

• Berendina Barendina Rikkers (75), Vianen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Esmeijer (81), Ede
• Bartel Bossenbroek (0), Naarden
• Arijdina Wilhelmina Wuister (0), Schiedam
• "Louis" BADY (60), Biziat,01290,Ain,RHÔNE-ALPES,FRANCE
• Arie DAM, van (58), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Dixhoorn (36), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Wolters (0), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)
• Bartel Bossenbroek (0), Naarden
• Adin Burdick (76), Albion, Dane County, WI

• 1844 » Emily Ruete/Salama bint Said, also called Sayyida Salme, a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman († 1924)
• 1848 » Andrew Onderdonk, American surveyor and contractor († 1905)
• 1850 » Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino journalist and lawyer († 1896)
• 1852 » J. Alden Weir, American painter and academic († 1919)
• 1852 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1911)
• 1856 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist († 1927)
• 1860 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator († 1900)
• 1870 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia († 1891)
• 1871 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

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.
• May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
• October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
• October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
• December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.

The temperature on August 30, 1864 was about 23.9 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.