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• Aike Alberts Katuin, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1925)
• aart abrahams van der GRIEND, zuid beijerland († 1871)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Simays, Maastricht
• Anna Hendrika van Alphen, Rotterdam († 1895)
• AAFJE GIJZENBERGH, BERGSCHENHOEK († 1950)
• Anna Hendrika van Alphen, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1895)
• Aafje Gijsenbergh, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Albert van Dijk, Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Touber, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Aart Abrahamsz van de Griend (van der Griend), Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland († 1871)

• ABRAHAM VAN DER WINDT (0), SCHIEDAM
• Agnietje Dirksdr Vooijs (63), Katwijk of den Haag
• Adrianus Speekenbrink (84), Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Vet (76), Breda
• Albert Arents BRINK (72), Avereest
• Angenietje Dirks Vooijs (64), Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allen Collings (65), Colusa, Hancock County, Illinois, United States of America
• Aagje Gomes (62), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oebeles Tjitzes (60), Bovenknype
• Albert van der Weide (5), Ruinerwold, Drenthe, NetherlandsHaakswold)

• 1841 » William Rockhill Nelson, American businessman and publisher, founded The Kansas City Star († 1915)
• 1843 » Marriott Henry Brosius, American senator († 1901)
• 1849 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and author († 1926)
• 1850 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1921)
• 1850 » Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Austrian-Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia († 1937)
• 1857 » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1872 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter († 1944)
• 1873 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress († 1959)
• 1875 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1937)
• 1878 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer († 1927)

• 1809 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (b. 1753)
• 1810 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (b. 1750)
• 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (b. 1753)
• 1897 » Harriet Ann Jacobs, African American Abolitionist and author (b. 1813)
• 1904 » Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist and petrologist (b. 1828)
• 1913 » Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet and author (b. 1861)
• 1920 » Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1866)
• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)

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 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
• January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

The temperature on March 7, 1863 was about 7.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.