About the day » Sunday January 24, 1864Calender converter

• Alida Sophia WETJEN, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Claessens, Gronsveld, Eijsden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1887)
• Anna Maria De Meerleer, Sint Lievens Houtem
• Alvina Du Carme Baudry, Souvret, 6182, Belgique († 1881)
• Adolf Schuurman, Wisch († 1939)
• Adelaide Luna, Peralta, Valencia Co., New Mexico († 1927)
• Anna van de Ven, Schijndel († 1939)
• Alberdina Boer, Hoornschedijk, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1922)
• Antje van der Meulen, Oldeboorn, gem. Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1922)
• Anne Elizabeth Alexander, Colton, San Bernardino County, California († 1941)

• Anna Catharina Gerrits (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Gerrits van de Meer (83)
• Adriana Simmers (0), Burgh, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Mazen (Masen) (28), Alem Maasdriel (Gelderland)
• Anna Catharina Schoffelen (33), Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Simmers (0), Burgh
• Adriana van der maazen (28), alem, maren en kessel
• Anna Maria Post (69), Schiedam,-
• (2) Johannes Hendrikx (42), Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland / België
• Alexander Verwaijen (53), Zetten

• 1856 » Friedrich Grünanger, Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect († 1929)
• 1858 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher († 1889)
• 1862 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer († 1937)
• 1863 » August Adler, Czech and Austrian mathematician († 1923)
• 1864 » Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy († 1935)
• 1864 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist († 1936)
• 1866 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1920)
• 1870 » Herbert Kilpin, English footballer († 1916)
• 1871 » Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic († 1951)
• 1871 » Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist († 1953)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• February 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• 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 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
• November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.

The temperature on January 24, 1864 was about 1.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.