About the day » Sunday January 31, 1864Calender converter

• adrianus de JONGSTE, strijen († 1941)
• Aafke Bolt, Spijk (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Adriana Frederika van Veen, Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1864)
• Alphontius Ludovicus Bollen, Gelinden, België († 1949)
• Aaltje Reiding, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1922)
• Anna Cornelia Bussemaker, Deventer († 1897)
• Albert Tjeerds Jongsma, Suameer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• * Pieter (1) Entius, Lutjebroek, Noord-Holland, NL († 1864)
• Aje Kwinkensteen, Simonswolde, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Alida van den Broek, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1924)

• Alstje (Walles) Mulder (66), Appingedam
• KLOOSTERMAN (0), Muiden, Gemeente Muiden, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Schobben (73), Ubach over Worms (Waubach)
• Aafje Hendrikus Wouters (60), Hem
• Angela Rosalia Bogaert (75), Klerken,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adrianus Keet (76), Delft
• Annegien HOUWING (69), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Blonk (70), Leimuiden
• Alle Hemminga (32), Dokkum
• Ann Bunnell (86)

• 1854 » David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1865 » Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist († 1940)
• 1865 » Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS († 1951)
• 1868 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1872 » Zane Grey, American author († 1939)
• 1881 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1884 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan († 1955)
• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)

• 1815 » José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)
• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)

• 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 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
• September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
• October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on January 31, 1864 was about -4.7 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.