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• arie KUIJPER, strijen († 1941)
• Anje Heslinga, Niekerk (gem. De Marne)
• Angelina Veronica Stockmans, Kapellen, Provincie Antwerpen
• Aafje BEUNDER, Beets, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Abraham Simon Jaring, den Helder, prov. Noord Holland († 1865)
• Arie Schippers, Ridderkerk († 1863)
• Anthonie van de Waerdt, Maarn, Nederland († 1863)
• - van der Helm, Stompwijk († 1863)
• (w) Klotz, Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Abigail C Andersen, Denmark († 1942)

• Antje Simons Boon (69), Den Hoorn (Texel, NH)
• Antje Boon (69), Den Hoorn (Texel)
• Adrianus Norbertus van Hees, Essen (B)
• Anna Catharina Van Gucht (18), Bornem
• Anne Florentine MUNCK (0), Henflingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Arij Allebertus Bosch (43), Holthone
• Anna Cornelia Denissen- (21), Heukelom, Nederland
• Alfred CHAPMAN (23), Eynesbury, Toseland, Huntingdonshire
• Sybe Lourens Koster (47), Franeker
• Barend Kortenbout Verschoor (52), Brielle

• 1856 » Alfred William Rich, English painter, author, and educator († 1921)
• 1861 » Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian and author († 1933)
• 1862 » Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist († 1940)
• 1863 » John Henry Wigmore, American academic and jurist († 1943)
• 1863 » R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist († 1947)
• 1864 » David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer († 1940)
• 1866 » Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer († 1931)
• 1867 » Charles Pelot Summerall, senior United States Army officer († 1955)
• 1867 » Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society († 1908)
• 1870 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author and poet († 1944)

• 1851 » James Richardson, English explorer (b. 1809)
• 1852 » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1853 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
• 1853 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)
• 1858 » Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (b. 1794)
• 1864 » Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (b. 1824)
• 1866 » Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (b. 1788)
• 1872 » Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1883 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)

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.
• April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
• May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
• May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
• 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.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

The temperature on March 4, 1863 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%.