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• Antje Jans Veenstra, achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1934)
• Antonie Cornelis van Woerkom, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1921)
• Anna Maria Reijkers, Kevelaer
• Aaltje APPEL, Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Johanna Ridderhof, Dordrecht († 1938)
• van Zwol, Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1864)
• Alberta Johanna van Zee, Beekbergen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1928)
• Albert Droeviger, Formerum (Terschelling) († 1864)
• Aaltje Boon, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1864)
• Adriana Johanna RIDDERHOF, Dordrecht († 1938)

• Anna Maria Wolters (33), Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Carl Greiner (2), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina VAN DIJCK (43), Grobbendonk, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• van Zwol (0), Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Lampen (35), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina TER HORST (83), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Abraham de Mazier (70), Breskens, Nederland
• Arnoldina Bergmans (18), Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland
• ?? Spruit (0), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Antonie Bakkeren (76), Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1842 » Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist († 1924)
• 1843 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire († 1919)
• 1870 » Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator († 1952)
• 1871 » James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas († 1944)
• 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
• 1879 » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author († 1964)
• 1879 » Taishō, emperor of Japan († 1926)
• 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
• 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
• 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)

• 1811 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
• 1817 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
• 1818 » Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)

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 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
• June 29 » At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
• August 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
• August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
• October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.

The temperature on August 31, 1864 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.