About the day » Friday December 18, 1863Calender converter

• AALTJE POL, Oosteinde (Ruinerwold)
• adriana nicolaas, schiebroek thans rotterdam († 1912)
• alphons De Vriese, Zomergem († 1945)
• Eenhuizen († 1863)
• Aart DONKER, Hellouw (gemeente Haaften) (Gld.) († 1950)
• Aart van Driel, Ridderkerk, Nederland († 1864)
• * Hermanus Petrus Baars, IJsselstein, Utrecht, NL († 1864)
• Anna Catharina Maria Hoppenreijs, Havikerwaard (Rheden) († 1867)
• Anna Engel
• Albert Moesker, Hoogezand († 1931)

• Aldegonda Pelkmans (54), Tilburg
• Alijda Johanna Morren (2), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalbert Duits (0), Barneveld
• Anna Maria Verbossen, Alem
• Alida Oostvoorn (12), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Beaumont (29), Geleen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bimans (42), Little Chute,, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Biemans (42), Little Chute, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Age Johanneszn. Snoek (38), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert Duits (0), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1851 » Graciano López Jaena, Filipino journalist († 1896)
• 1856 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1860 » Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer († 1908)
• 1861 » Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic († 1924)
• 1863 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria († 1914)
• 1867 » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder († 1941)
• 1869 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator († 1965)
• 1870 » Saki, British short story writer († 1916)
• 1873 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1875 » Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1941)

• 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)

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.
• June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
• November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.

The temperature on December 18, 1863 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.