About the day » Thursday May 12, 1864Calender converter

• Anje Braker, Leegkerk (Hoogkerk) († 1948)
• Adrianus Bogers, Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andriea Maria Driel van, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1942)
• Agatha Hendrina Kloots, Leiden
• Anna Johanna Sophia van REIJSEN, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Angel Jørgen Rønnåbakk, Rønnåmo, Beiarn, Nordland, Norge
• Adriaan Wiegel, De Cocksdorp (Texel, NH) († 1882)
• Object 805
• Achille Joseph Delaruelle Delaruelle, Vurste, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adriaan Rot, Jisp († 1901)

• Antonie Jacobus Berk (41), Utrecht
• Anna Catharina Margaretha Heijdenrijk (41), Nijmegen
• Aaltje van Zomeren (47), Slagharen
• Anna, Maria Savelkouls, Rosmalen
• Antje Willems Rinkema, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• adrianus andries PIJL (0), zuid beijerland
• Andries Douwes Uffelaar (7), Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Ann Woolgar (76), Middlesex
• Albert Pieters HARTOG (38), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie de Bres (0), Dordrecht

• 1850 » Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician († 1924)
• 1859 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia († 1918)
• 1859 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician († 1932)
• 1863 » Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. († 1915)
• 1867 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant († 1938)
• 1869 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter († 1946)
• 1872 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 1940)
• 1873 » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter († 1932)
• 1874 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist († 1929)
• 1875 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library († 1960)

• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
• 1860 » Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
• 1864 » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
• 1867 » Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)

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.
• February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
• March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
• June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
• August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• November 25 » American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

The temperature on May 12, 1864 was about 21.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 37%.