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• Anna Maria Ostermann, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems)
• Aafje Pietersdr de Hart, Avenhorn
• Antje Kruisinga, Finsterwolde (gem. Oldambt) († 1921)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Vogt, Vlissingen († 1862)
• Abel Corrêa da Camara, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 1907)
• Aeiltje Bleeker, Muntendam († 1940)
• Adrianus OVERWEEL, Heenvliet, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Amy Prentice Browning, New York NY († 1930)
• Alfred Herman Nicolas Kruijsboom, Soerabaja, Oost-Java († 1868)
• Anna Maria Josephina Croes, Antwerpen (B) († 1952)

• Amandus verlinden (15), Noorderwijk
• Van Beurden Adrianus (63), Poppel, Antwerpen, België
• Annechien de Boer (23), Antwerpen (België)
• Amy Elizabeth Brunner (33), Union, Bourbon, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Willemina van HENSBERGEN (78), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana (Anna) Maria Brouwers (61), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August Hendrik Koch (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Sikke de Boer (23), Antwerpen
• Alida de Vries (Kruseman) (58), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederalnd
• Aaltje ten Cate (0), Dedemsvaart

• 1846 » Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator († 1901)
• 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)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Aaltje
10. Wilhelmina
11. Grietje
12. Antje
13. Trijntje
14. Neeltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Mary

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• 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 19 » American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
• September 18 » The Confederate States celebrate for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day.
• November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• November 14 » American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
• December 17 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

The temperature on March 17, 1862 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.