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• Annie Widdis, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada († 1931)
• Albertus van Sluiters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL († 1930)
• Andrew Jackson Hilner, Bear Gap, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• Ann Barnes Frost, Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa
• Anderijntje Bouwman, Noorden, Nieuwkoop, Z-H., Nederland
• Alonsius van Duijse, Vrasene, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Maria Spoorendonk, Rotterdam († 1944)
• anthonius maria de BEER, groningen († 1941)
• Abraham Favier, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Antje Meijer, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)

• Applonia Damman (41), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Baatje (Gerritsen) (66), Nijkerk
• Angelina Lockwood (53), Windsor, Broome, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aalt Gerritsen Baatje (66), Nijkerk
• Aart Burgwal (1), Nijkerk
• Ann Maria Halladay (31)
• Apollonia Damman (43), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Brugt Hendrik Jonkhof (0), Groningen (Groningen)
• Anna Catharina van Swaemen (79), Bergen LB (Well)
• Andr√© STUDER (0), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)

• 1850 » Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress († 1891)
• 1861 » Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist († 1929)
• 1867 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author († 1951)
• 1868 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1934)
• 1870 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 († 1932)
• 1870 » Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary († 1960)
• 1871 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager († 1943)
• 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
• 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
• 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)

• 1798 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)

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 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• January 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).

The temperature on December 9, 1863 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.