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• * Maria Paulina Regina Lathouwers, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1951)
• Anna Prive, Oud en Nieuw Mathenesse († 1865)
• Akke Hamstra, Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Anna Hauben, Grote-Spouwen († 1899)
• Aleida Alberdina Westendorp, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1865)
• Adriana Bezemer, Charlois, ZH, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Margaretha Scholte, Braamberg († 1941)
• Aleida de Koning, Avereest, Hardenberg,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1935)
• Anna Margaretha Scholte, Onstwedde (Groningen) († 1941)
• (m) Wunderlich, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein

• Anna Christina Hessmerg (73), Ohle, Plettenberg, NRW
• Adriaantje Blijdorp (63), Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Regterschot (28), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde)
• Baukjen Alles Hendriksma (51), Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Berend Regterschot (28), Heerde (Wapenveld), Nederland
• Antonia Sterk
• Bontje Jans Nonkens (82)
• Anna Catharina MIES (0), Rucphen
• Adriaantje Gijsbertsdr Blijdorp (63), Rhoon (Albrandswaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bontje Jans NONKES (82), Kloosterveen

• 1838 » Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company († 1898)
• 1839 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company († 1937)
• 1851 » Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic († 1941)
• 1851 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria († 1916)
• 1857 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist († 1911)
• 1867 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor († 1945)
• 1876 » Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1936)
• 1882 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer († 1961)
• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)

• 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
• 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1850 » Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)

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.
• February 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
• April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
• June 12 » American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gives the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulls his Union troops from their position at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.
• July 30 » American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
• September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
• 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.

The temperature on July 8, 1864 was about 12.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.