About the day » Saturday August 13, 1864Calender converter

• Antonius Schiepers, Kanne, Riemst (B)
• Antonius Cornelis de Brouwer, Tilburg († 1915)
• Adriaantje Neven, Lekkerkerk († 1864)
• Antonia van Manen, Ede, Nederland († 1925)
• Antonetta Cornelia Schipper, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Allan Mcdonald, Iona,Argyll,Scotland
• Aaltje Feyes Hoekstra, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Poort, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1936)
• Anna Beekhuizen, 's-Gravenhage († 1949)
• Abraham Eerenberg, Hilversum, Nederland († 1864)

• Cornelia den Reijer (61), Zevenbergen
• Aleida Beumer (0), Twello
• Antonia van Gorp (35), Ginneken en Bavel
• Arend Dirks Sloot (65), Oldeholtpade
• Anna Geertruida Guntenaar (68), Ambt Ommen (Zeesse)
• Anna VERMEULEN (76), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albartus Jekel (0), Amersfoort
• August Heinrich Fischer (18), Atlanta
• Adriaan Openneer (0), Oudelande, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Kemmeren (0), Capelle, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1841 » Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer († 1891)
• 1842 » Charles Wells, English brewer, founded Charles Wells Ltd († 1914)
• 1851 » Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator († 1933)
• 1860 » Annie Oakley, American target shooter († 1926)
• 1866 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A († 1945)
• 1867 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator († 1933)
• 1872 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1942)
• 1879 » John Ireland, English composer and educator († 1962)
• 1884 » Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach († 1957)
• 1888 » John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television († 1946)

• 1795 » Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
• 1826 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)

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.
• May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
• May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• July 8 » Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
• August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
• December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on August 13, 1864 was about 18.8 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.