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• Anthonie Sinke, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1949)
• Tichelaar, Franeker († 1863)
• Adriana van Leersum, Maarn, om 11.00 ure des voormiddags
• Anna Maria Lemmerman, Kampen, O., NL († 1864)
• Aarnout Veth, Sint Laurens, Zeeland, NL
• Albert Loois, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schuurbiers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Aalt van Loozenoord, Putten († 1883)
• Adriana van Leersum, Maarn Utrecht († 1946)
• Aaltje Lubberts Bruggen, Elsloo, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1902)

• Adriaan de deWilde (0), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Stakenborg (80), Alphen en Riel
• ANNA MARIA VAN ECK (74), Tiel
• Aleida Reiners (72), Vriezenveen
• Abraham Van GENT (26), Ridderkerk
• Amateur Louis "Maurice" du Parc (77), Paris
• Adriaantje Schouten (55), Vlaardingen
• Agnes van Beusekom (49), Spanbroek, Opmeer, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Valkenburg (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Peijs (73), Tilburg

• 1852 » Johannes François Snelleman, Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer († 1938)
• 1853 » René Bazin, French author and academic († 1932)
• 1854 » José Yves Limantour, Mexican financier and politician, Mexican Secretary of Finance († 1935)
• 1859 » William Stephens, American lawyer and politician, 24th Governor of California († 1944)
• 1863 » Charles Pathé, French record producer, co-founded Pathé Records († 1957)
• 1864 » Yun Chi-ho, Korean activist and politician († 1945)
• 1867 » Phan Bội Châu, Vietnamese activist († 1940)
• 1869 » Mathieu Cordang, Dutch cyclist († 1942)
• 1872 » Norman Angell, English journalist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1967)
• 1873 » Thomas Wass, English cricketer († 1953)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

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.
• January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• 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 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
• November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.
• November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

The temperature on December 26, 1863 was about 7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.