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• Anna van Schilt, Steenbergen († 1939)
• Adriana Jacoba HOEIJENBOS, Utrecht († 1903)
• Anne Noordenbos, Holwerd gem. Westdongeradeel († 1930)
• Adriana Jacoba Hoeyenbos, Utrecht († 1903)
• Anna Catharina Janssens, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen († 1863)
• Aaron Richard Frans, Batavia, Indonesia († 1923)
• Anna van Schilt, Steenbergen († 1939)
• Adrianus Smolders, Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1893)
• Adriana Hersbach, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Agge de Vries, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands

• Arie Roggeveen, Alblasserdam
• AALTJE KRUIMING (60), DALEN
• Catharina Henderika Oltmans (0), Leeuwarden
• Beerend Gerbens van der Ploeg, Dronrijp
• Antje Brakenhoff (27), Oudorp
• Cornelia Verheul (69), Sliedrecht
• Aaltijn Kruimink (60), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adriaantje Speijer (0), Meerkerk (NL)
• Barend Klaassen Schaftenaar (63), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendje Hendriks Vos (68), Giethoorn

• 1844 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1900)
• 1846 » Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant († 1888)
• 1848 » Susie Taylor, American writer and first black Army nurse († 1912)
• 1868 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright († 1955)
• 1874 » Charles Fort, American author († 1932)
• 1877 » Wallace H. White Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1952)
• 1880 » Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer († 1964)
• 1881 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1881 » Leo Carrillo, American actor († 1961)
• 1881 » Louella Parsons, American journalist († 1972)

• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)

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 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on August 6, 1863 was about 16.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.