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• Adriana Klasina Tuinenburg, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Andreas Michiel van Oijen, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1936)
• Aafke Jannes Kloeze, Ruinen († 1926)
• Aafke Autsema, Farmsum, Groningen, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna van den Boogaard, Schijndel
• Adriana Johanna Trier van, Teteringen († 1866)
• Adriaan Bijl, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna van Geffen, Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Magdalena PRETORIUS
• Aartje Karman, Apeldoorn († 1946)

• Albertje Derks Schuur (van der Schuur) (82), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Tades Walma (74)
• Adriana Schilperoord (71), Zuidland
• Anne Teedes Walma (74), Joure
• Annaatje Spier (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Derks van der Schuur (82), Slochteren
• Anne Walma (74), Joure, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Westerveld (1), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Taedes Walma (74), Joure
• Adriana Schilperoort (71), zuidland (zuid holland)

• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)
• 1883 » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist († 1946)
• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)

• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)

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.
• March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
• July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

The temperature on May 26, 1863 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.