About the day » Wednesday March 16, 1864Calender converter

• Adrianus Dominicus van der Stel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Peeraer Amelia, Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• Amelia Peeraer, Wortel († 1932)
• Agada van Duijn, Katwijk aan Zee
• Alice Hilton **, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1927)
• Andries Pieter Mensert, De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1905)
• Alice Rebecca Parchment James, Pedro Plains, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
• Anje Siepelinga, Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1954)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Mulders, Schijndel, Nederland († 1945)
• Albert Smit, Rottum, Friesland, Nederland († 1864)

• Antonius Jacobus van Dalen (0), Leiden
• Adrianus ter Beek (53), Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Adriaan Dorsman (0), Vlaardingen
• Angelina De Schutter (47), Liezele, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antoni Harms Hofkamp (67), Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie van de Roer (5), Etten
• Antonia van den Hurk (0), Jutphaas (U)
• Aleida Johanna Hermina Kock (21), Geesteren
• Antje Oud (77), Barsingerhorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Francooij (1), Grijpskerke

• 1851 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist († 1931)
• 1851 » Otto Bardenhewer, German patrologist († 1935)
• 1856 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France († 1879)
• 1857 » Charles Harding Firth, English historian and academic († 1936)
• 1859 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1865 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager († 1953)
• 1869 » Willy Burmester, German violinist († 1933)
• 1871 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler († 1932)
• 1871 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist († 1951)
• 1874 » Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister († 1958)

• 1838 » Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)
• 1841 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1791)
• 1868 » David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
• 1884 » Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
• 1888 » Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)

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.
• May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
• 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.
• June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
• June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
• June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.

The temperature on March 16, 1864 was about 2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.