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• Aldegonda Munnichs, Melick
• Aaltje Hofste, Ommelanderwijk, Groningen, The Netherlands († 1911)
• Wilmink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Egberts van der Weide, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1887)
• Aaltje VELZEL(LANJOUW), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aldegonda Munichs, Melick
• Alida Margaretha Elisabeth Donnee, Alkmaar. Noord Holland, Nederland († 1925)
• Aalbert Jan Laros, Rhenen († 1946)
• Adriaan Goulooze, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1923)
• Albarta Heijkamp, Ochten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1867)

• Cornelis Hogerwerf (77), Heerjansdam
• Diewertje Boelhuis (36), Hoogwoud
• Dieudonné GATHOYE (58), Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
• Catherine BILLAND (21), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Alfred Loring Brigham (0), Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Anna Christina INGEBOS (78), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anne Tiersma (0)
• Aaltjen Dekkers (71), Deventer
• Dirk van Leeuwen (31), Vlaardingen
• Adriaan Timmers Heijboer (43), Ameide, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1847 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer († 1905)
• 1854 » José Canalejas, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1912)
• 1858 » Marion Talbot, influential American educator († 1948)
• 1858 » Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist († 1936)
• 1860 » Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1867 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart († 1966)
• 1875 » Jacques Villon, French painter († 1963)
• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)
• 1883 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer († 1959)

• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

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.
• July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
• November 30 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.

The temperature on July 31, 1864 was about 18.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.