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• Alida Clasina van der Valk, Rotterdam († 1883)
• Andries Immink, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aaltje Arends, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1905)
• Adelheid Antonetta Walterfang, Emmerich, Duitsland († 1930)
• Anje Warmolts, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde, Groningen)
• Aaltje Van Den Hof, Zuidwolde († 1894)
• Anna Margaretha G. Lutters, Ness County, Ness County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1893)
• Adriana van de Wiel, Tongelre(NB)
• ANNA MARIA VAHRMEIJER, HAARLEM († 1910)
• Adriaan van As, Scherpenisse († 1864)

• Aaltien Renting (2), erm
• Alida Jastina Hansum (0), Hardinxveld, ZH, Nederland
• Son van, Maria (0), Vlijmen, aktenr. 18
• ADRIANA VAN NECK (61), VLAARDINGEN
• Antonia Dekkers (53), Luyksgestel (Bergeijk) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alijda Bruggink (76), Kampen
• Alijda Bruggink (76), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan van den Broek (82), Dinther
• Adriana van Neck (61), Vlaardingen
• Anna Catharina Naulaerts (65), Kessel, 2560, België

• 1839 » Josephine Cochrane, American inventor († 1913)
• 1841 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist († 1935)
• 1848 » LaMarcus Adna Thompson, American engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster († 1917)
• 1856 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army († 1929)
• 1856 » Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic († 1937)
• 1859 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English banker and author († 1932)
• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)

• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

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.
• 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.
• June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
• August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
• October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
• October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.

The temperature on March 8, 1864 was about 7.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.