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• Adriana Theodora Wijburg, Utrecht († 1863)
• Aart vanderWaal, Ridderkerk, Zeeland, Netherlands
• * Jacoba Zwanenburg, Mijdrecht († 1902)
• Aart van der Waal, Ridderkerk († 1918)
• Adrianus van Os, Numansdorp
• Aaltje Mons, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1929)
• Albertus Norbertus WILLEMEN, Diessen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Albert uit de Bulten, Hattem, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Kakara, Hungary († 1917)
• Alphonse Eligius Odeurs, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 1960)

• Jetske Cornelis de Groot (73), utingeradeel
• Aaltien Hendriks Kwant (80), Helpman, Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• * Maartje Zuidhoorn (38), Hazerswoude
• Adriana Looijse (0), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Anna Martha Scheer- (6), Bedum, Nederland
• Alida van Rosse (70), Amsterdam
• Admiral Sir George Elliot (78), Westminster, London, England
• Adriana Clasiena van WINGERDEN (0), Katendrecht
• Aaltje Ebes (0), Harlingen (Friesland)
• Adrianus Johannes Janssen (1), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1850 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan († 1916)
• 1852 » Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic († 1915)
• 1854 » Eleanor Norcross, American painter († 1923)
• 1856 » Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author († 1930)
• 1858 » Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian († 1924)
• 1865 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator († 1929)
• 1867 » Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist († 1944)
• 1869 » Prince George of Greece and Denmark († 1957)
• 1872 » Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic († 1947)
• 1875 » Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator († 1947)

• 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)

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 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
• 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 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.

The temperature on June 24, 1863 was about 28.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.