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• Anna Maria Willekens, Lommel († 1864)
• Aart Borrios \ Borrias, Kapel-Avezaath, Gelderland, Nederland († 1925)
• Anna "Maria" Hake, Odoorn († 1932)
• Anthonij Stokvis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Aart Borrias, Avezaath († 1925)
• Tent, Leeuwarderadeel
• Aloys Verslype, Woumen († 1863)
• Anna Maria Catharina Stroobants, Perk
• Anna Catharina Verdonschot, Weert († 1937)
• Adrianus Biest, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)

• Adrianus van Winden (0), Pijnacker
• Anthonie KWINT (0), Ingen
• Alida Margaretha Kleinsmid (61), Piershil
• Allegonda Maria Snoeren (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Jkvr". Maria Anna Cornelia van Rappard (40), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Barneij (30), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vansteelant (74), Lichtervelde,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Arend Karsten de Dood * (71), Steenwijk
• Adrianus van Elsackers (71), Bergen op Zoom
• Adrianus de Kloe (0), Alblasserdam

• 1858 » Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts († 1914)
• 1861 » Omar Bundy, American general († 1940)
• 1861 » Pete Browning, American baseball player († 1905)
• 1863 » Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg († 1934)
• 1865 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician († 1915)
• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author († 1922)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)
• 1871 » James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist († 1938)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)

• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
• 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 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.

The temperature on June 17, 1863 was about 16.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.