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• Allegonda Johanna Damen, Bladel en Netersel († 1930)
• Anna Kaatje GROENEVELD, Woudrichem, Noord Brabant
• Adrianus Jansz van Vuuren, Dubbeldam, zh.nld († 1955)
• Angela Heimes, Pohlbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Antje Weijer, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Adrianus van VUREN, Dubbeldam († 1955)
• Arie van Waateringe, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adrianus van Vuren, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriaan Joseph Hamers, Udenhout († 1945)
• Aaltje Sjoerds van der Meer Teyema, Garijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1933)

• Antonia (Teune) Pleizier (68), Raalte
• Anna Catharina VAN HERCK (57), Geel-Oosterlo
• Aaltjen Willemina Alberts Biesterbos (62), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antoni de Vaan (1), Vlijmen
• Anna Margaretha Martin (39), Maastricht
• Arie Klaasz Hoek (0), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Hoek (0), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Marion Vandegrift (43), Sugar Creek, Benton, Arkansas, United States
• Antoni de Vaan (1), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Jan Baars (0), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1846 » Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer († 1918)
• 1849 » Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization († 1923)
• 1860 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland († 1940)
• 1867 » Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi († 1942)
• 1869 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist († 1946)
• 1871 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist († 1930)
• 1872 » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1874 » J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician († 1942)
• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)

• 1833 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)

• 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.
• May 15 » American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• 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.
• July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
• September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
• October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.
• October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.

The temperature on July 29, 1864 was about 22.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.