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• Agnes MEEUWSEN, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1868)
• Anna Maria Ludovica Vandervoort, Kwaadmechelen, Limburg, België
• Achsa Sabin
• Aaltje Wilting, Zweeloo,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Albertus Johannes Potharst, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Craane, Bonaire, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Elisabeth Naaijen, Poederooyen († 1940)
• Alle Madhuizen, Oosterwolde, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Maria van Nierop, Stompwijk* († 1863)
• Alberdina Johanna Krebber, Verwolde,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1865)

• Anna Theresia de Bijl (0), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Ariesd den Ouden (72), Heerjansdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Sjoerds Kootje (40), Grouw (Grou), Friesland, Nederland
• Antoine Nicolas Édouard van der HEYDEN (63), Liège,4000,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Alida Jan Kording (67), Rotterdam
• Andries Hoekstra (22)
• Anna Maria De jongere van een tweeling. Aelmans (1), Heerlen
• Anna Valkenburg (102)
• albert jacobs wieringa (75), adorp
• Anna Maria Rutjes (22), zuthpen

• 1839 » Josephine Cochrane, American inventor († 1913)
• 1841 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist († 1935)
• 1848 » LaMarcus Adna Thompson, American engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster († 1917)
• 1856 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army († 1929)
• 1856 » Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic († 1937)
• 1859 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English banker and author († 1932)
• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)

• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Klaas
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Grietje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
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.
• January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

The temperature on March 8, 1863 was about 7.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.