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• Agatha Margaretha Nederpelt, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje Hendriks de Vries, Wijnjeterp († 1932)
• Anna Maria Hendrika Cleophas, 's Gravenhage († 1935)
• * Wilhelm Petrus van Look, Rotterdam († 1925)
• Adolphus Augustus Lerooy, Wulveringem († 1939)
• Anna Paulina FANNES, Holsbeek († 1896)
• Alfons Petrus de MILLIANO, Watervliet, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie
• Ana Dias do Rosario, São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brasil († 1919)
• Anna Maria Daalman, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Adriana Maria Anna van de Ven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1896)

• Catharina Warmerdam (2), Alkemade, ZUI, Nederland
• Beert Rozebooom (0), Aperloo, Elburg, Gelderland, Netherlands
• CATHERINA ADRIANA BREUGELMANS (1), Roosendaal, Nederland
• Cornelia "Keetje" Gerritsdr van den Berg (69), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Riemsdijk (44), Ingen
• Aaltje Sluis (36), Broek op L'dijk
• Christina de Hooijer (71), Delft
• Anna Catharina 't Hoen (0), Naaldwijk
• Constantinus Lievens (40), Meire
• Adriana de Looijer (0), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1840 » George C. Magoun, American businessman († 1893)
• 1841 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1845 » Ludwig II of Bavaria († 1886)
• 1850 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1867 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany († 1951)
• 1869 » Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete († 1951)
• 1877 » Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation († 1965)
• 1878 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1882 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland († 1966)
• 1889 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales († 1969)

• 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)

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.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on August 25, 1863 was about 16.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.