About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1864Calender converter

• Annigje Hendriks Pelleboer, IJsselmuiden, Ov. Nederland († 1945)
• ARIE BRINKERS, ZOETERMEER († 1917)
• Aderika Ouwehand, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adrianus Leonardus Borsboom, Wassenaar († 1864)
• Antje Dijkshoorn, Kethel († 1873)
• Arie Harmanus Arentsen, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Assendelft 384
• Anne Stemp, Ipswich Queenland Australia BMD 14167/000627
• Abraham van Koppelen, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Andries Jacobus Pieterse, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1896)

• Alphonse Victor BEAUCLAIR (1), Colombiers,61250,Orne,Normandie,FRANCE
• Abram van den Berg (49), Ouddorp, ZUI, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Vrouwenvelder (42), Den Haag, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kruif de (61), Odijk, Utr, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Kruif (61), Odijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Vrouwenfelder (42), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Guns (0), Wilmarsdonk
• Antje Cornelis' Kooi (84), Zuidhorn
• Antje Kornelis Kooi, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina PASSEMIER (47), Clinge, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)

• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)

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.
• March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
• June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
• September 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
• October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.

The temperature on May 11, 1864 was about 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.