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• Antonia Elisabeth Jagtenberg, Amersfoort († 1943)
• Anna Maria Cleeren, Neerlinter-Linter (Akte 28 pagina 408 van GAD 683) († 1898)
• Antonius Fredericus Theodorus Steeman, Wildervank, Nederland († 1919)
• Adriana Surewaard, Zevenbergen († 1940)
• Bernardus Johannes Zuijderwijk, Monster
• Kiel, Vlieland
• Alberdina Maria Heijdeman, Deventer († 1936)
• Adrianus Johannes van Lith, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1887)
• Annigje Jongsma, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1864)
• Berendina Nijenhuis, Marum,, Groningen, Nederland († 1945)

• Aagje Pietersdr Vellekoop (64), 's-Gravenzande
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes van der Doef (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte Gabrielle Lefebvre de Lattre (69), Pas-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Aaltjen Hiddink (51), Voorst
• Aaltjen Hiddink (51), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba van der Wal (1), Groningen
• Johannes Baptist Badts, St. Jansteen
• Alida Jacoba van der Wal (0), Groningen
• Akke Klazes Kuipers, Leeuwarden
• Adelene Lucia Guestine Wollrabe (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indië

• 1842 » Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist († 1924)
• 1843 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire († 1919)
• 1870 » Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator († 1952)
• 1871 » James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas († 1944)
• 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
• 1879 » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author († 1964)
• 1879 » Taishō, emperor of Japan († 1926)
• 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
• 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
• 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)

• 1811 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
• 1814 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
• 1817 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
• 1818 » Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)

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.
• May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
• May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
• November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
• November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on August 31, 1863 was about 16.2 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.