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• Antje Bosma, Kollum, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)
• Antje Veen, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1968)
• Antonetta Jansen JANSEN, Gestel en Blaarthem († 1942)
• Aartje Blokland, Dubbeldam († 1947)
• Aalt van Norden, Nijkerk
• Anna Spiegelaar, Kloosterveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1954)
• Antje Veen, Uithuizen, Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonetta Jansen, Gestel en Blaarthem († 1942)
• Allie Lindley, Tipton County, Indiana
• Anna Maria Systermans, Kerkrade (L

• Albertus Jansen (71), Veenendaal (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Klaasdr Koegelberg (0), Sint Maarten, Nederland
• Abigail Harlan (28)
• Annigje Westera (0), Kampen, Overijssel, NL
• Antonius van Veldhuizen (82), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Gelen (Geelen) (69), Wassinkbrink-Zelhem (Bronckhorst)
• Anna Maria Grond, Simpelveld
• Abigail Harlin (27)
• Antonie van Oosterhout (21), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albartus Jansen (71), Veenendaal

• 1843 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York († 1910)
• 1844 » Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet († 1929)
• 1857 » Sandford Schultz, English cricketer († 1937)
• 1861 » Byron G. Harlan, American singer († 1936)
• 1862 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia († 1928)
• 1862 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

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.
• April 17 » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
• 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 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
• September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
• October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
• December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

The temperature on August 29, 1864 was about 12.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.