About the day » Sunday December 4, 1864Calender converter

• Anna Hendrika Barbara van Kol, Eindhoven
• Anna Louisa Brokke, Chaam
• Anton van Berkum, Oss († 1867)
• Antonetta de Rooij, Hoeven, 4741, Nederland († 1935)
• Arend van Essen, Epe († 1900)
• Albert Douwes Reinsma, Piaam (Wonseradeel), Friesland, Nederland († 1925)
• Anna Terkatz, Panningen († 1942)
• Anna de Haas, Grand Haven (Ottawa), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• agatha van der VLIET, amsterdam († 1956)
• Anne Marie Louise GODEAU, Bruxelles,1000,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1913)

• Andreas van den Beld (2), Utrecht {UT}
• Amelia Thompson (37)
• Anna van Veen (34), Stompwijk
• Aaltien Berends (57), Groningen
• Aaltje Hessels (83), Putten-Dorp A 29a
• Anna van Veen (34), Stompwijk (Leidschendam), Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Arien Koolhaas (69), Enkhuizen
• Antonius MATHIJSSEN (80), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltien Berends (57), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Aernouts (71), Wuustwezel

• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)
• 1868 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1953)
• 1875 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor († 1964)
• 1875 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach († 1945)
• 1875 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author († 1926)
• 1881 » Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal († 1944)
• 1882 » Constance Davey, Australian psychologist († 1963)
• 1883 » Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright († 1969)

• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (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.
• April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

The temperature on December 4, 1864 was about 3.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.