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• Angenita Cornelia Klumper, Den Helder
• Aagje Gijzen, Abcoude-Proosdij († 1894)
• Aaltje TAK, Strijen († 1864)
• Albarta Wilhelmina Ockers, Amsterdam († 1947)
• Aaltje Kleinlugtenbeld, Archem († 1889)
• Anne Jacobus Smit, Deventer
• Verhoeven, Aerdt
• Amanda Lowe, Hopington, Delaware, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1863)
• Annetje Davelaar, Barneveld († 1943)
• Adriana van der Windt, Vlaardingen

• Anthonij Heuzevelt (36), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Jonker (3), Deventer
• Barbara (Barbe - Barendiena) Tielemans (68), Doesburg (Gl)
• Arie Jacob Prins (5), Sliedrecht
• Anthonia Thoonen (74), Neerbosch, NL
• Catrina van HARTINGVELD (78), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Toonen, Neerbosch
• Augustine Bary (24), Ottignies (B)
• Angenietje Verschoor (69), Vlaardingen
• Anne Marie DE DROOGERS (81), Bertem,3060,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaanderen,BELGIË

• 1857 » Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American engineer († 1935)
• 1857 » Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1941)
• 1858 » Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author († 1940)
• 1860 » Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland († 1949)
• 1863 » David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1945)
• 1863 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director († 1938)
• 1865 » Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand († 1951)
• 1867 » Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios († 1939)
• 1867 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player († 1934)
• 1871 » David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral († 1936)

• 1834 » Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
• 1861 » Lola Montez, Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)
• 1863 » Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
• 1869 » Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
• July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
• July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
• August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
• November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

The temperature on January 17, 1863 was about -1.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.