About the day » Friday January 29, 1864Calender converter

• Albert Jan Elskamp, Terwolde († 1932)
• Aalbert Hazeleger, Ede († 1943)
• Aaltje Reine, Schiedam († 1937)
• "Adrien" François Marie de Hauteclocque, Amiens, Somme, France († 1945)
• Aaltje Siemens Van Der Iest, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alida Cornelia Ockhuijzen, Utrecht († 1864)
• Adrianus Johannes Muis, Nijmegen
• Aaron F. LANDIS, Goshen († 1865)
• Alexander Dick Tasker, abernyte, perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Aaltje Reine, Schiedam

• Aaltjen SOMSEN (86), Dinxperlo, Nederland, Gelderland, De Heurne
• Anna Havenaar (29), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kragten Kragting- (73), Tiel, Nederland
• Alexandra Prinses Schachovskaja (57)
• Ariaantje Vuijk Hooftman (1), Boskoop
• Abram Parlevliet (78), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Verlaan (80), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Jans Parlevliet (83), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Parlevliet (82), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Harmens de Vries (78), Steggerda(Weststellingwerf.Fr)

• 1852 » Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor († 1935)
• 1858 » Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic († 1916)
• 1860 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer († 1904)
• 1861 » Florida Ruffin Ridley, African-American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer († 1943)
• 1862 » Frederick Delius, English composer († 1934)
• 1866 » Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter († 1944)
• 1866 » Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1944)
• 1867 » Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author († 1928)
• 1870 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant († 1927)
• 1874 » John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist († 1960)

• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)

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.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
• October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.

The temperature on January 29, 1864 was about -3.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.