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• Abraham Ros, Rotterdam († 1917)
• Adriana Catharina Van Haaren, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianna M. VAN DONGEN, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Adriana Catharina van Haaren, Sloten (Noord-Holland) († 1911)
• Adrianus Cornelus Henricus Braun, Breda († 1923)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hendrikus Braun, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1923)
• Flantua, Utrecht († 1864)
• Adriaan Corneliss Heemskerk, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Adrianus de Jong, Dordrecht {ZH} († 1944)
• Adriana Jacoba de Bruijn, Waspik († 1865)

• Anna Maria Elizabeth Gosling
• Flantua (0), Utrecht
• Andreas Bessems (3), Cadier en Keer, Margraten
• Anna Maria van Loon (72), Roosendaal
• Anna Christina Gerardus (80), Echt
• Anna Maria Limpens (0), Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje de Vries, Leeuwarden
• Albert Veltkamp (66), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aletta Jacoba Top, 's-Gravenhage
• Andries Kloosterman (40), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Antje
14. Neeltje
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.
• May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
• June 27 » American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
• August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
• October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
• October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
• October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.

The temperature on March 6, 1864 was about 8.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.