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• Alle Vaatstra, Surhuizum († 1944)
• Albert Bakkenist, Zaandam († 1941)
• Alle Freerks Vaatstra, Surhuizum († 1944)
• Anna Christina Knüppe, Teich, Neuenhaus, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland († 1889)
• Abraham Wiemes, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Allegonda Schoemaker, Rotterdam
• Abraham Dirk Reinier Hendrik Christoffel Tinkelenberg, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1863)
• Alida Theodora Maria Sauveur, Rotterdam (NL)
• Haeren, van, Zevenaar Gld. Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Christina Kn√ºppe, Teich, Neuenhaus, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1889)

• Abraham Suidingh (74), Groningen (stad), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Den Breeijen (67), Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jansegers (0), Bornem
• Adriana Elberts de Bruin (40), Wagenborgen
• Adolf Elands (22), Dodewaard (Gelderland)
• Anna Catharina Barneij, Den Helder
• Hamelink, Axel
• Abraham Suiding (74), Groningen
• Aafie Bottelier (0), Delft
• Anne Webster (36), Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States of America

• 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. 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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
• November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

The temperature on March 17, 1863 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.