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• Anna Maria Duchateau, Groot-Gelmen, België († 1863)
• Anje Mantjes, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1936)
• Adiaan Jacobus Schild, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Anna Catharina Bones, Straelen
• Aldegonda Elisabeth van der Zanden, Mierlo († 1863)
• Aleida Maria Cornelissen, Gendt (Lingewaard) († 1936)
• Aleida Maria Cornelissen, Gendt, Nederland († 1936)
• Adriaan Jacobus Schild, Leiden († 1945)
• Andries Bekkering, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Aartjen Klaassen, Harderwijk († 1863)

• Anne Sjoerds Veeman (62), Marssum
• Alardus Jacob Teljer (58), Loenen, Nederland
• Tinnenbroek (1)
• Adriana Korssen (71), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anthonius van Bern, Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adriana Claessen (60), Udenhout
• Angela van de Ven (68), Boxtel
• Aartje Weijenberg (28), Elburg
• Age Simons Baarda (89), Witmarsum
• Adriana Claassen (60), Udenhout

• 1845 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1856 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France († 1951)
• 1860 » Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
• 1862 » Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist († 1957)
• 1868 » Sandy Herd, Scottish golfer († 1944)
• 1876 » Erich Raeder, German admiral († 1960)
• 1878 » Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter († 1958)
• 1879 » Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer († 1984)
• 1880 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper († 1954)
• 1880 » Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist († 1964)

• 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
• 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)

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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• 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.
• August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
• August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
• September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

The temperature on April 24, 1863 was about 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.