About the day » Wednesday August 3, 1864Calender converter

• Adrianus van Zoest, Papekop
• Alexander Frederic Bingham, Of Portland Place, Mayo, Ire († 1909)
• Andries Andries Schreur, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Maria Kindermans, Den Helder NH NL († 1938)
• Anna Betjes, Assendelft NH NL († 1936)
• Aldert Thees Hietkamp, Nijega (Sma) († 1957)
• ANNA MARIA STIJNEN, Geleen
• Alexander Henri DECONINCK, Westouter
• Anne LEMASSON, Nort-sur-Erdre, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France († 1947)
• Adrianus Van Soest, Oudewater Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1908)

• Bastiaantje Leijdens (0), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Lieshout, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Liefhebber (49), Oude-Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Basile magloire leopold Privé (59), Châtillon-le-Roi, 45086, Loiret, Centre, France
• Arie Verhagen (0), Alkemade
• Antonius Josephus Lambrechts (48), Kapellen, Provincie Antwerpen
• Anna Maria Nijs (79), Waregem
• Antje Vlaming (0), Oosterend
• Abram de Hond (75), Brouwershaven
• Anna Cath. Hermans (57), Meerlo, Limburg, Nederland

• 1840 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician († 1929)
• 1850 » Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic († 1926)
• 1856 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia († 1919)
• 1860 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer († 1935)
• 1863 » Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist († 1922)
• 1867 » Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1947)
• 1871 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar († 1929)
• 1872 » Haakon VII of Norway († 1957)
• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)

• 1835 » Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)
• 1839 » Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (b. 1763)
• 1857 » Eugène Sue, French author and politician (b. 1804)
• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)

• 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.
• March 15 » American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.
• July 19 » Taiping Rebellion: Third Battle of Nanking: The Qing dynasty finally defeats the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
• July 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Kernstown: Confederate General Jubal Early defeats Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
• December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on August 3, 1864 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.