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• Anthonia Pieternella van der Laan, Overschie († 1899)
• Abraham Kijne, Vlaardingen († 1863)
• Adriana Maria Vugts, Ruhrort, Duitsland († 1950)
• Aaltje Kloosterman, Smallingerland Frieslan Nederland († 1946)
• Afiena Kliphuis, Garrelsweer (Loppersum, Groningen) († 1941)
• Aaltje Prins, Alteveer B103, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1939)
• Anna Maria Helena Brocken, Tilburg († 1944)
• Alexander Mair, Mair Hall, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, B.W.I
• Antonie Beekman, Erichem († 1896)
• Annichje Robaard, Meppel († 1894)

• Bernardina Krommendam (58), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alberdina Bosman (1), Heerde
• Barend Engelberts Ottenhof (3), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Halberstadt Halberstadt (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland (NDL)
• Aloys Verslyppe (2), Klerken
• Catharina Alida Veerhuis (0), Mijdrecht
• Charles Antonius Hartwijk (0), Leiden
• Adriana Klok (0), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Albertus Visser (3), Scheveningen, Nederland
• Catharina Pelagia Notable (55), Merckem

• 1846 » Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer († 1918)
• 1849 » Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization († 1923)
• 1860 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland († 1940)
• 1867 » Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi († 1942)
• 1869 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist († 1946)
• 1871 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist († 1930)
• 1872 » Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician († 1957)
• 1874 » J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician († 1942)
• 1876 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher († 1949)
• 1878 » Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright († 1937)

• 1833 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
• 1839 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)

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.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
• May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
• July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
• September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
• November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.

The temperature on July 29, 1863 was about 22.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.