About the day » Wednesday December 7, 1864Calender converter

• * Klaas Vroom, Groningen († 1904)
• Albertus Otten, Collendoorn († 1950)
• Abraham johannes Koorneef, delft wijk 5 no, 349 († 1865)
• Adriana Johannes Henderson, Rotterdam
• Aatlje BAKHUIS, Hoogkerk Groningen Netherlands († 1958)
• Anna Clara Lijbering, Alkmaar († 1943)
• Adrianus Johannes van Druuten, Rhenen († 1955)
• Adrianus Henricus van Lith, Bergharen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaron John Boggs, South Carolina, United States of America († 1939)
• ? ? († 1936)

• Adrianus Slooten, van (77), Dokkum
• Aaltje Broek (63), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aan Sjerps (Ane) Kruinstra (77), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Bijl (59), Willemstad, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriaantje Kappers (66), Mijnsheerenland
• Liefka Middel (36)
• Aart Kuik (0), Hardinxveld,Gemeente Hardinxveld-Giessendam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aartje Baggel (44), Barneveld
• Henricus Hack (66), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aaltje Peters Broek, Soest

• 1860 » Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia († 1947)
• 1861 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I († 1931)
• 1862 » Paul Adam, French author († 1920)
• 1863 » Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1952)
• 1863 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1863 » Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears († 1914)
• 1869 » Frank Laver, Australian cricketer († 1919)
• 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
• 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
• 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)

• 1817 » William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745)
• 1837 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814)
• 1842 » Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)

• 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.
• February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• February 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
• May 15 » American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
• 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.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.

The temperature on December 7, 1864 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.