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• Aukje Wybenga, Akkerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1921)
• Kentie, Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1864)
• Romijn, woerden (utrecht)
• Ann Selina 'Angelina' Amies, Warwick, Southern Downs Regional, Queensland, Australia († 1941)
• Adrianus Van Kaert, Oorderen
• Aukje Sytses Wijbenga, Dantumadeel
• Arie Kwakkenbos, Nieuwkoop
• Rovers († 1864)
• Antje Kroon, Oudkarspel († 1890)
• Adrianus de Jong, Princenhage (Breda) (Noord-Brabant) († 1929)

• Agnesa Catharina Droste (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Nuijten (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Gils (1)
• Prudon, Nijmegen
• Arendje Berends Tilstra (76), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Binnerts Riddersma (78), Burum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Berends Tilstra (76), Surhuizum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arij Maarleveld (1), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Antonius Carpentier (35)
• Anna Maria Zaal (0), Mijdrecht {UT}

• 1850 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan († 1916)
• 1852 » Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic († 1915)
• 1854 » Eleanor Norcross, American painter († 1923)
• 1856 » Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author († 1930)
• 1858 » Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian († 1924)
• 1865 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator († 1929)
• 1867 » Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist († 1944)
• 1869 » Prince George of Greece and Denmark († 1957)
• 1872 » Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic († 1947)
• 1875 » Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator († 1947)

• 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)

• 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 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• May 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
• May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
• October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
• November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

The temperature on June 24, 1864 was about 11.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.