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• Adriana Jacoba van den Bilt, Beverwijk (Noord-Holland)
• Alfons Morel, Eke († 1943)
• (m) Schneider, Volkholz, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1863)
• Aaltje Timmerman, Giethoorn († 1931)
• Alijda Van Drie, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriana van den Berge, Colijnsplaat († 1937)
• Aaltien Boelens, Gasselte († 1918)
• Aaltien Kap, Gieterveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1939)
• ALFRED GREEN MCDONALD, Sulligent, Marion, Alabama († 1929)
• Aaltje Roelofs TIMMERMAN, Giethoorn

• Antje Jak (34), Assendelft NH NL
• Annigje van Straten (91), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Willink (72), Winterswijk
• Albert Verdenius (10), Gaarkeuken (gem. Grijpskerk)
• Adriana Verhoeff (61), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Beertje Hendriks Schonewille (91), Noord C225, Noord Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Berentje Hendriks Schonewille (91), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Jeltes Verdenius (10), Gaarkeuken, Groningen, Nederland
• Arentje Huigsdr. Bijl (64), Oudenhoorn
• Beertje Hendriks Schonewille (91), Noord, gemeente Hoogeveen, Drente, Nederland

• 1860 » Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet († 1939)
• 1861 » Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter († 1944)
• 1861 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1861 » William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet († 1947)
• 1862 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright († 1921)
• 1863 » Charles Lincoln Edwards, American zoologist († 1937)
• 1864 » Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor († 1943)
• 1865 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1865 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer († 1957)
• 1865 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general († 1946)

• 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)
• 1856 » Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)
• 1859 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)
• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)

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. 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 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• 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.
• July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.

The temperature on December 8, 1863 was about 7.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.