About the day » Sunday February 21, 1864Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Hendrikx, Oostburg († 1865)
• Alice Engelhart, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1915)
• Abel Riemers Cazemier, Niezijl († 1932)
• Aaltje Flens, Oostzaan
• Albert Horst, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1924)
• Adriana Petronella de Vaan, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alois Juliaan Geerinckx, Stekene († 1907)
• Bakx, Oosterhout († 1864)
• Adriaan de Pagter, MIDDELBURG, ZL, NL († 1903)
• Abraham Louwerse, Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL

• Aart I Verhoef (0), Rhoon
• abraham van eenennaam (89), arnemuiden (zeeland)
• Aaltje Kotter (72), Zuidwending, Groningen, Nederland
• Arij VERHOEF (0), Rhoon
• Arie Benschop (1), Jaarsveld,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Verhoef (0), rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrienne Wilhelmine Kluit (72)
• Anthoinette Elisabeth Schultz (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Driesschen van (40)
• Arij Kerdel (56), Schiedam

• 1844 » Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1860 » Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic († 1952)
• 1865 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School († 1967)
• 1867 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist († 1934)
• 1875 » Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever († 1997)
• 1878 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader († 1973)
• 1881 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer († 1945)
• 1885 » Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright († 1957)
• 1887 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War († 1945)
• 1888 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright († 1965)

• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)

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 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
• April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
• May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
• 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.
• November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
• December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

The temperature on February 21, 1864 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.