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• Akke Jansma, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1863)
• Adrianus Franciscus Paardekam, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Maria de Zwart, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Akke(Klazes) Terpstra, Ried († 1934)
• 'Irma' Maria Rosalia DIERICX, Aalter, 9880, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1937)
• Alida SLUIS, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aafje de Kruijf, Nieuwveen, Nederland
• Albertine Timmermann, Rellingen († 1939)
• Aletta Agatha van der Steen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Akke Klazes Terpstra, Ried († 1934)

• Antonius Troosthijden (51), Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Antonij DERKSEN (67), Hummelo &, Keppel, Nederland, Gelderland, Drempt
• Antje van Wijk (31), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Bahlmann (1), Fresenburg, Lathen
• Albertje Booi (1), Weststellingwerf
• Adriana van der Louw, Gouda
• Antonius Troosthijden (51), Noordwijk
• Adriaan Luijten (18), Tilburg
• Albert Antoons Borgman, Lagos, West Afrika
• Antonia Elisabeth de Bruijn, 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1835 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author († 1896)
• 1839 » Sam Watkins, American soldier and author († 1901)
• 1852 » Daoud Corm, Lebanese painter († 1930)
• 1854 » Robert Laird Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada († 1937)
• 1865 » Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author († 1959)
• 1866 » George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker († 1923)
• 1869 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author († 1954)
• 1878 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician († 1957)
• 1880 » Mitchell Lewis, American actor († 1956)
• 1881 » Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright († 1960)

• 1808 » Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, Polish poet and politician (b. 1748)
• 1810 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1740)
• 1830 » George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1836 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)
• 1856 » Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)

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: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

The temperature on June 26, 1863 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.