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• Albert Hermanus Wijgman, Cortenoever (Brummen) († 1945)
• Anna Hermelina Henkes, Delfshaven († 1947)
• Ann Margaret Hefty, Schwander (County Glarus), Switzerland († 1931)
• Alberdina Welmers, Dedemsvaart
• Aaltje Gerrits Hoekman, Dalfsen († 1936)
• Vos, Hijkersmilde,gemeente Smilde,Drenthe,Netherlands († 1864)
• Anna Mathilda Johannisdotter, Fryele, Jönköping, Sverige
• Amalia Laura Schimmel, Langerfeld, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1892)
• Aaltje Berta van den Berg, Beekbergen († 1915)
• Aaltje Hoekman, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1936)

• Abraham Samuel Neeter (68), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Koekoek (9), IJsselmuiden, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria VAN SCHEPDAEL (86), Pamel
• Aaltje Gerrits Bosch (60), Rinsumageest
• Anna Catharina Wulms (43), Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland
• ?? Plaisier (0), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Anna Theresia VEREENOOGHE (76), Aartrijke, 8211, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana Pieternella Drenth (64), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Haas (3), Buren, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Catharina Wulms (43), Maasniel, Nederland

• 1847 » Martin Pierre Marsick, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1850 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic († 1925)
• 1856 » Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer († 1928)
• 1863 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist († 1950)
• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)
• 1891 » José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines († 1959)
• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1892 » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener († 1962)

• 1808 » Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (b. 1739)
• 1810 » Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1825 » Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)
• 1831 » Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
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 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
• July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
• December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
• December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

The temperature on March 9, 1864 was about 4.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.