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• Anna Maria Wilming, Emsbüren-Leschede († 1869)
• * Jan van Leeuwen, Schoonhoven († 1943)
• Annigje Wanningen, Westeinde
• Alexandre Lardeau, le Portal, Nuret-le-Ferron, 36144, France († 1865)
• Aaltjen van Ruijten, Ane († 1878)
• Aldegonda Lucia Hendrika van Venrooij, Nieuwenhoorn († 1942)
• Adrianus Rutger Franciscus Bakker, Zutphen
• Abbing, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1864)
• Albert Janssen, Gendringen († 1930)
• Adalgisa Adelaide de Andrade, São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brasil

• Abbing (0), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Post (1), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Beek (0), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anne Marie Herremans (50), Halle, Belgie
• Adolph Venderbosch (48), Wisch
• Abraham Arons Frankforter (83), Winschoten The Netherlands
• Antje Links (1), Oudshoorn, Nederland
• Adriana de Leest (0), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Maret (2), Den Helder
• Antoon Kuijpers (1), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1849 » Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp († 1929)
• 1849 » Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist († 1934)
• 1856 » Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter († 1910)
• 1862 » Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist († 1930)
• 1864 » Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician († 1930)
• 1866 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist († 1939)
• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)
• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)

• 1828 » James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)

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.
• February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
• May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
• May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
• July 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
• July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• 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 March 17, 1864 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.