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• Albert van der Kamp, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1942)
• Aaltje Poelman, Eexterveen, Anloo, Nederland († 1864)
• Adriana Enzlin, Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland († 1864)
• Albert Victor van Clarence († 1892)
• Albert Victor van Saksen-Coburg en Gotha († 1892)
• Albert Viktor, Windsor († 1892)
• Albert Victor Christiaan Edward van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha Hertog van Clarence, Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire († 1892)
• (2) Hendrika Anna Hoekwater, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1934)
• Ada Rigby, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England († 1946)
• Adriaan de Waal, Zierikzee, Nederland († 1959)

• Aleidis Wouters (42), Arnhem, Gld, NL
• Albert van Campen (72), Kekerdom, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nl
• Aleida Wouters (42), Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Angenita GROESBEEK (78), Dordrecht
• Adriaan Schoenmakers, Udenhout
• Aaltje Jans Veldstra (43), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
• Ama Smith (65)
• Albert Briscoe Canter (3)
• Aaltje Veldstra (42), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen), Nederland
• Anke Jans Wattema (71), Lutjegast (gem. Westerkwartier)

• 1854 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1925)
• 1860 » Emma Booth, English author († 1903)
• 1862 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company († 1934)
• 1864 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale († 1892)
• 1865 » Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist († 1943)
• 1866 » William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia († 1940)
• 1867 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1870 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1930)
• 1871 » James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland († 1940)
• 1873 » Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania († 1953)

• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)

• 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 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
• May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
• June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
• September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
• September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.

The temperature on January 8, 1864 was about -10.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.