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• Adriana Maria Schouten, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Westdorp, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1864)
• Amelia Elah Feist, Tensaw († 1929)
• Aksel Johan Isaksen Gyltvik, Sørfold, Nordland, Norway
• Antje RIJKSEN, Nude (Wageningen) Gelderland, Nederland († 1911)
• Alberdina Willemina Enserink, Almen
• Aldegonda Hubertina Ijssermans, Roermond († 1865)
• Adriana van der Zalm, Noordwijk
• Anne van Elsloo, Heeg gem. Wijmbritseradeel
• Adriaan Westdorp, St. Annaland gem. Tholen Zld. NL († 1864)

• Anna Hammink, Stad Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Rombout (51), Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje de Boer (6), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexandre "Amédée" de Sarcus (76)
• Klaas Geerts Lantinga (46), Vinkega
• Adriana (Adrienne) Rombout (51), Lieshout, Laarbeek, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• Abraham Everardus Dudok van Heel (26), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Rombout (51), Lieshout, NL
• Adriaan Lock (70), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rust (72), IJsselstein

• 1854 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1912)
• 1858 » Georgia Hopley, American journalist, temperance advocate, and the first woman prohibition agent († 1944)
• 1863 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet († 1933)
• 1863 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary († 1922)
• 1863 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation († 1951)
• 1872 » Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic († 1952)
• 1872 » Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer († 1930)
• 1875 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer († 1950)
• 1878 » Friedrich Adler, Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)
• 1879 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)

• 1793 » John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
• 1798 » Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
• 1833 » William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)

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 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
• May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
• June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
• July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
• July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.

The temperature on April 29, 1864 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%.