About the day » Monday May 9, 1864Calender converter

• de Holl, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna C Casper, Washington, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Alphons Maria Bergmans, Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bernardina van Ravensberg, Amsterdam
• Albert van Haaren, Warbeyen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna Mary Voorhies
• Antonius Adrianus Timmermans, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Ras
• Aartje Van Reulder, Lunteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1864)
• Antonia Siroen (Seroen), Mill en st Hubert († 1936)

• Abraham Voorman (38), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Berendina Geerdink (3), Usselo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia DEHING (47), Thorn, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana Bouthoorn (0), Waarder, Utrecht, Nederland
• Allegonda Verhoeven (47), Besoijen
• Arnoldus Tijssen (1), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfred Mitchell "Perkins" Goddard (27), Fort Monroe, Hampton City, Virginia, United States of America
• Adrianus VAN HAUWERMEIREN (69), Hofstade,9308,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje den Hartigh (0), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Verhoeven (47), Besoyen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1845 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman († 1913)
• 1850 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist († 1936)
• 1855 » Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer († 1932)
• 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
• April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
• June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
• December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

The temperature on May 9, 1864 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.