About the day » Friday March 6, 1863Calender converter

• Abraham Pieter Risseeuw, Holland Township, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin († 1930)
• Aaltje Diepeveen, Veenendaal
• adriaan oomens, Made en Drimmelen († 1928)
• Bergstra († 1934)
• Aart Oldenhof, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ada Dandrige Sarrett
• Aaltje Moddejonge, den Ham, Nederland († 1907)
• Adriana de Bruijn, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Beek, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aaltje Kamstra, De Waarden, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1951)

• Antal Vincze graf Csaky (78), Wien, Österreich
• Alida Johanna Scholte (51), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna de Graaf (0), Terheijden
• Anne Geertsma (48), Dronrijp
• Barendje Beverwijk (60), Amsterdam
• Arend Jan Brusse (61), Lintelo, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Robben (0), Oisterwijk
• Arent Jan Brussen (60), Lintelo, Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Feitje de Held (27), Den Helder
• Hendrik Willem Tydeman (84), Leiden

• 1841 » Viktor Burenin, Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic († 1926)
• 1849 » Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol († 1923)
• 1864 » Richard Rushall, British businessman († 1953)
• 1870 » Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor († 1954)
• 1871 » Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1937)
• 1872 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1879 » Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player († 1962)
• 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
• 1882 » Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer († 1956)
• 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)

• 1836 » Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo:
• 1854 » Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
• 1866 » William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
• 1867 » Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
• 1888 » Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
• 1900 » Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
• 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
• 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)

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.
• May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• October 26 » The Football Association is founded.

The temperature on March 6, 1863 was about 14.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.