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• Albína Kosová, Branov
• - van Veen, Hei-en Boeicop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1864)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Vossigna, Delft, Zuid Holland († 1865)
• Aart van Moerkerken, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Adriaan de Krom, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Cornelia Schonenberg, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Breneman Risser, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States († 1943)
• Antje Kroeze, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1916)
• Antonio José Alves Sampaio, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1948)
• Aaltje Giethoorn, Hollandscheveld {DR}

• Adriaantje Goudswaard (70), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Es (79), Westmaas, NL
• Anna Mary Adamson (1), Columbiana County, Ohio
• Aron Cosman Troostwijk (78), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aron Troostwijk (79), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Hulsen (64), Kampen
• Amelia Van Loo (56), Sijsele,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriaantje Hendriks van Es (79), Westmaas
• Adriaantje (Jaantje) Pieters Goudswaard (68), Oud-Beijerland
• Adolph Schulte (2)

• 1851 » Francis Bell, Jewish New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1936)
• 1855 » Alfred E. Hunt, American businessman († 1899)
• 1859 » Emil Fenyvessy, Hungarian actor and screenwriter († 1924)
• 1865 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, Indian physician († 1887)
• 1871 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann († 1922)
• 1872 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet manager and critic, founded the Ballets Russes († 1929)
• 1874 » Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora († 1920)
• 1874 » Henri Marteau, French violinist and composer († 1934)
• 1876 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author († 1927)
• 1878 » Jack Johnson, American boxer († 1946)

• 1837 » John Constable, English painter and educator (b. 1776)
• 1850 » John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 » Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1816)
• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)

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 17 » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
• May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
• 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.
• May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
• October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.

The temperature on March 31, 1864 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.