About the day » Thursday April 7, 1864Calender converter

• Albert Thomas Wales, Pudman Creek, Boorowa, NSW, Australia († 1942)
• Anna Helena van der Hoop, Rotterdam († 1867)
• Arend Kleijer, Putten Gld († 1942)
• Anna Beatrix Jennissen, Roosteren, Limburg, Nederland († 1931)
• Adrianus Michael Mommersteeg, Vlijmen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1932)
• Agatha Josephina Doeve, Semarang († 1868)
• Arie Korpershoek, Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Swinkels, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Antoinetta Petronella VERMEER, 's-Gravenhage († 1864)
• Antonie van Muiswinkel, Oosterbeek († 1893)

• Anna (Anna Maria) Trox (2), Osterode
• Antonetta Gerardina Duuring (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Sjerps PIETERSMA (63), Wonseradeel(Friesland)
• Berend Arents Breider (86), Hoogeveen
• Albertus Petrus van Dijk (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Gerardine Duuring (62), Utrecht
• NIEUWENHUIS (0), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Anna Catherina Verhoeven (68), Lichtaart, Kasterlee, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Klis (37), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anderijntje Brak (1), (UT) Zegveld

• 1848 » Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop († 1930)
• 1859 » Walter Camp, American football player and coach († 1925)
• 1860 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company († 1951)
• 1867 » Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic († 1953)
• 1870 » Gustav Landauer, Jewish-German theorist and activist († 1919)
• 1871 » Epifanio de los Santos, Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar († 1927)
• 1873 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager († 1934)
• 1874 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter († 1939)
• 1876 » Fay Moulton, American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer († 1945)
• 1882 » Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer († 1971)

• 1836 » William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 » William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 » Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)

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.
• February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.

The temperature on April 7, 1864 was about 0.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.