About the day » Saturday August 20, 1864Calender converter

• Adriana van Loon, Dirksland († 1953)
• Aleijdis Wijnands, Heugem († 1919)
• Agnes Louisa van de Pavoordt, Gouda († 1927)
• A. M. "Jeanne" Duchateau, Horpmaal, België
• Anna Elisabetha Schork (Friedrich) († 1902)
• Aleidis Wijnands, Heugem († 1919)
• Alfred William Rodham JARMAN, Longford, Tasmania, Australia († 1916)
• Agnes Louisa van de Pavoordt, gouda († 1927)
• Albert Grande, Den Helder († 1951)
• Adriaan Wandel, Noordgouwe († 1926)

• Anna Maria STOCKMANS (39), Liedekerke
• Albert Steenbergen (0), Lageveen, Zuidwolde, de Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje van Oort (1), Ameide
• Gros (0), Ferwerderadeel
• Cornelis Leenheer (58), Ridderkerk
• Alida Anna Christina van Woerkom (1), Rotterdam
• Scholten, Giethoorn
• Adriana van Houten (18), Doorn
• Cornelis Demkes (72), Bloemendaal
• Abner Wheeler Mitchell (43), Deep Bottom, Henrico County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)
• 1847 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author († 1912)
• 1856 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright († 1909)
• 1860 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France († 1934)
• 1865 » Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer († 1911)
• 1868 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player († 1954)
• 1873 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland († 1950)
• 1881 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1943)
• 1881 » Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author († 1959)

• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)

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 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
• June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• 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 7 » American Civil War: Atlanta is evacuated on orders of Union 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 August 20, 1864 was about 18.8 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.