About the day » Tuesday January 26, 1864Calender converter

• Adriana Kager, Bergen
• Albertus Willem Haks, Amsterdam († 1930)
• Anna Catharina Dormans, Heer en Keer
• , vianen
• Adriana Smits, Princenhage
• Abel Huizinga, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde († 1955)
• Aart Van Essen, Nijkerkerveen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1923)
• Adrianus de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1898)
• Albert Reininga, Eexta († 1944)
• Adeline Pauline Knowles, Logan, UT, United States († 1891)

• Aleida Timmerhuis (0), Geesteren
• Adriana Verrips (74), Culemborg
• Ammerensje De Boer (7), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham Stolk (8), Oostvoorne Z.H
• Abraham Leendertsz Stolk (8), Oostvoorne
• Ammerensje de Boer (7), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hoogendam (0), Rotterdam
• Alberdina Catharina Wijkmans (0), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Wessels Brons (41), Wagenborgen (gem. Termunten)
• Albert Jeppes Dijkstra (31), Oosterbierum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1852 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer († 1905)
• 1857 » 12th Dalai Lama († 1875)
• 1861 » Louis Anquetin, French painter († 1932)
• 1864 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist († 1934)
• 1866 » John Cady, American golfer († 1933)
• 1877 » Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter († 1968)
• 1878 » Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach († 1948)
• 1880 » Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1885 » Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)

• 1849 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
• 1855 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)
• 1860 » Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)

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 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
• June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
• 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 January 26, 1864 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.