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• Annegjen Menger, Vinkega(FR)
• Alida Catharina Bonting, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Agterberg, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Santure, Newport, Monroe, Michigan, United States († 1943)
• Adriaan van der Graaff, Scherpenisse († 1953)
• Almon P WHITEHOUSE, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
• Amelia Ludovica Van Ecken, Kieldrecht
• "Françoise" Emmanuelle Marie Caroline de Parcevaux, Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, France († 1930)
• Annegje Bekhof, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde († 1940)
• Alexandre BOILEUX, Avesnes-le-Sec,59296,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1863)

• Alida Maria Verwaal (0), Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Ari‰n Gerritsen van de Kamp (65), Hell, gem. Putten
• Aagtje Quist (1), Sint Maartensdijk gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• arij KOOIJMAN (81), oud-beijerland
• Antheunis Huijsman (3), Grijpskerke, prov. Zeeland
• Bastiaanje van Noord (2), Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abby Durfee Gray (39), Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Sonders (0)
• Appolonia de LANGE (1), Dubbeldam
• Augustine Joseph SPELLE (92), Chocques,62224,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE

• 1852 » Élémir Bourges, French author († 1925)
• 1854 » Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter († 1925)
• 1856 » William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1925)
• 1857 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon († 1929)
• 1859 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar († 1936)
• 1859 » Adolf Hurwitz, Jewish German-Swiss mathematician and academic († 1919)
• 1860 » André Prévost, French tennis player († 1919)
• 1866 » Fred Karno, English producer and manager († 1941)
• 1868 » King Fuad I of Egypt († 1936)
• 1873 » Dorothea Bleek, South African-German anthropologist and philologist († 1948)

• 1827 » Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (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.
• 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.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
• October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 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 March 26, 1863 was about 8.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.