About the day » Saturday May 9, 1863Calender converter

• Alida Konings, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alwina SPRINGMANN, Langenberg/Mettmann (D) († 1911)
• Boxma, Bovensmilde († 1863)
• Anna Catharina van der Elst, Zoersel, Antwerpen, België († 1890)
• Anna Angela Bruns, Adorf, Twist
• Timmermans, Neer († 1863)
• Anna Maria Kuijken, Lommel, Limburg, België († 1909)
• Adrianus Stephanus Mies, Etten-Leur
• Aalbert van Hardeveld, Veenendaal
• Anna Maria KUIJKEN (KEYKEN), Lommel, Limburg, België († 1909)

• Arjen Jans Schipper (61), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Daggers (6), Wildervank
• Andries van DAM Domburg (49), (ZH) Waddinxveen
• Berend Rorije
• Andries van Dam Domburg (49), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Chelsey E. Burns (24)
• Alke Warring (49), Sellingen, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Andries van Dam Domburg, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth FROYEN (49), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Aaltje Wiegerink (71), Hengelo

• 1845 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman († 1913)
• 1850 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist († 1936)
• 1855 » Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer († 1932)
• 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
• July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The temperature on May 9, 1863 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 22%.