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• Akiba Biallosterski, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Catharinus de Josselin de Jong, St Oedenrode, No.Bra, Neth
• Amy Ann Rix **, Prince Edward Island, Canada († 1952)
• Aafke de Groot, Harlingen († 1864)
• Albert HESLINGA, Bolsward (Friesland, The Netherlands) († 1944)
• * Levenloos kind Vonk, Arnhem, Gelderland, NL († 1864)
• Alma von Wangenheim († 1927)
• Anna Dorothea Slijp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Alexander Stewart, Hepburn, Westmoreland, Jamaica
• Anna Dorothea Slijp, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)

• Antje Bakker (12), Oosterend (Texel)
• Aaltje Middelveld (1), Kerkenbosch,Zuidwolde,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Arendina Groeneveld (51), Voorst, Nederland
• Antje van der Graaf (0), Zwijndrecht
• Aaltje Nagel (1), Driebergen (Utrecht)
• Bein Johannes Borger (23), Surhuisterveen
• Aafje Willemsdr de Wit (80), Kamerik
• Aarnout Marinus Snouck Hurgronje (53), Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands
• * Levenloos kind Vonk (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
• Abraham Warendorp (14), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1846 » Oscar Hammerstein I, American businessman and composer († 1919)
• 1850 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager († 1915)
• 1853 » Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager († 1932)
• 1856 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. († 1952)
• 1858 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer († 1924)
• 1858 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet († 1932)
• 1859 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer († 1925)
• 1867 » Margarete Böhme, German novelist († 1939)
• 1879 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor († 1926)
• 1884 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States († 1972)

• 1822 » John Stark, American general (b. 1728)
• 1828 » Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781)
• 1837 » Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (b. 1770)
• 1842 » Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790)
• 1853 » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)

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 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
• December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.

The temperature on May 8, 1864 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.