About the day » Sunday August 7, 1864Calender converter

• Antonius Johannes van Sadelhoff, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Boden, Batsheers, België († 1938)
• Adriana Steffen, Hellevoetsluis
• Alida Maria Brijer, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltje van Ellen, Niezijl († 1865)
• Adrianus Dijkshoorn, Vlaardinger Ambacht
• Adriana SEBREGTS, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Dirkje VERDOORN, Werkendam
• Arie Dobson, Tennessee, United States († 1891)
• Aaltien Ensing, Eelde († 1871)

• Antje Rende Jansen (43), Harderwijk
• Antje Sevenhuijsen (0), Warmenhuizen
• Augustinus Martinus VAN SANDE (0), Herentals,Antwerpen,Belgique
• Antonius Boumans (0), Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dina Boogaard (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Dirk van Rijswijk (0), Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Antonia Cornelia Overvoorde (17), Delft
• Abraham Beekman (73), Pike Co. (OH VS)
• Berend Boerma (67), Noordbarge (Emmen)
• Berend Boerma (67), Noordbarge (Emmen) 78

• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Huntley Wright, English actor († 1941)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)
• 1869 » Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician († 1959)
• 1876 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy († 1917)
• 1879 » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer († 1931)

• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)

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 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
• May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
• September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
• September 19 » American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
• September 29 » The Treaty of Lisbon defines the boundaries between Spain and Portugal and abolishes the Couto Misto microstate.
• December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.

The temperature on August 7, 1864 was about 21.9 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.