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• Anna van der Ham, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albertus Antonius Faase († 1915)
• Adrianus Petrus Janssen, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Alle Jeltes Bakker, Lichtaard († 1943)
• Aartje Rijneveld, Willige-Langerak (voor 1943 deels UT deels ZH, in 1943 UT, na 1970 ZH), Nederland († 1943)
• Agatha Catharina Wensveen, Wassenaar († 1924)
• Adriana. Wesdijk, Den Bommel, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna HERWEIJER, Zuid Beijerland († 1882)
• Abraham van Bruggen, Harderwijk
• Adriana Wesdijk, de Bommel († 1942)

• anna adriana van der MARK (23), de lier(ZH)
• Abraham Bijl (0), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beitske Sybes Mellema (68), Jislum
• Amelia Dorothea Vodegel (18), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aaltje van Wijk (59), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam van Santen (2), Oostvoorne
• Krul, Loosduinen
• Hendrik Magré (87), Elburg
• Adriana van der Voort (31), Uden, NB, Nederland
• van der Meij (0), Gorssel (Lochem), Gelderland, Nederland

• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)
• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)

• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)

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 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
• May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
• June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
• November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.

The temperature on August 24, 1864 was about 15.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.