About the day » Tuesday August 11, 1863Calender converter

• Andreas Anthonius Adrianusz. van Beek, Delft († 1885)
• Alida Schoo, Haarlemmermeer († 1926)
• Farinaux, Den Helder († 1863)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van Leeuwen, Rijnsaterwoude († 1863)
• , Haamstede, Zeeland, KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS († 1904)
• Albert Jacobs Dobbe, Middelstum
• Aaltje van Dijk, Zwolle († 1944)
• Adrianus van Dorp, ,, Wateringen, Nederland († 1917)
• Adriana van der Leer, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1874)
• van den Berg, Ede († 1863)

• Alegonda Voss (81), Ottersum
• Aart Schuiteman (0), Garderen
• Abraham Pieter Kasseband (0), Goes
• Adriana de Ridder, Lexmond
• Aart Schuiteman (0), Garderen
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van Leeuwen (0), Rijnsaterwoude
• Arnolda (Aartje) de Ridder (79), lexmond
• Antonia van Hoogstraten (64), Oss
• Alegonda Voss (91), Ottersum
• ambrosius johannes heijdanus (21), haarlem

• 1855 » John Hodges, Australian cricketer († 1933)
• 1858 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1860 » Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player († 1939)
• 1870 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer († 1912)
• 1874 » Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg († 1953)
• 1877 » Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge († 1954)
• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)

• 1813 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)

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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• 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.
• August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

The temperature on August 11, 1863 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.