About the day » Monday July 18, 1864Calender converter

• Alida Maria Briër, Zoeterwoude, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alberta Hendrika Logtenberg, Heerde (buurtschap Markluiden) († 1942)
• Agnes Douglas Armstrong, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand († 1918)
• Albert van de Ven, Geldrop († 1864)
• ? ? († 1873)
• Adrianus VERBREE, Hekendorp († 1928)
• Albertha Overkempe, Wijhe († 1940)
• Finvollan Namstad, Namsskogan († 1929)
• Adrianus Aloijsius Josephus Geerts, Oudenbosch, Nederland († 1898)
• ANDRE JOSEPH GHISLAIN LEURION, Pont-a-Celles

• Adrianus Marinus Helsen (16), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Nieuwenboer (38), Hoogwoud
• Abraham Bestman (34), haarlemmermeer (noord holland)
• Adriaan Jacob Winsheijm (66), Utrecht
• Catharina Bots (33), Venraij, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Jurjens Dijkstra (59), Goutum
• Adriana van Hoorn, Sint Oedenrode, Nederland
• Claas Jans Gerrits Schraa, De Wijk
• Antonia Hol (1), Everdingen, Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bernard Francois le Cointre (0), Middelburg

• 1845 » Tristan Corbière, French poet († 1875)
• 1848 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician († 1915)
• 1853 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1861 » Kadambini Ganguly, Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree († 1923)
• 1864 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1937)
• 1867 » Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist († 1932)
• 1871 » Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (d.1958)
• 1871 » Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer († 1946)
• 1881 » Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player († 1921)
• 1884 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal († 1979)

• 1817 » Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
• 1837 » Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
• 1863 » Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)

• 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.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
• May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
• May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
• July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.

The temperature on July 18, 1864 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.