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• Adriana Sonke, Krabbendijke († 1940)
• Adriaantje van Beek, Ridderkerk
• Adalgisa Adelaide de Andrade, São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anne Marie Gertrude Millet, Sint-Truiden, België
• Albert Ludwig, Barmen (D) († 1941)
• Adriana de WAARD, Katendrecht
• Adrianus van der Schoot, Boxtel, NL († 1873)
• Abraham Sentse Kempeneers, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anthonia van der Graaff, Harmelen († 1945)
• Alida Helena Fisser, Leiden

• Alpheus Sypolt (40), Preston, West Virginia, United States
• Aaltje Harms van Sellingen (79), Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie Verboven (0), Fijnaart, Netherlands
• Abraham Arends Frankforter (82), Winschoten
• Andries Disselhof (27), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Janssen (21), Roosteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Smit (82), Stoutenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Johannes Lampe (0), Ooststellingwerf
• Antje Links (1), Oudshoorn, Nederland
• Anne Marie Herremans (50), Halle, Belgie

• 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)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)

• 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. 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.
• March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
• April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
• May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• October 19 » American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob three banks in Saint Albans, Vermont.

The temperature on March 17, 1864 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.