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• Alexander Frederik Veer, Alkmaar († 1923)
• Albertus Paulus Wilhelmus Ten Wolde, 's Gravenhage,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1934)
• Adriana Zwanik, Kockengen († 1946)
• Adriana Catharina Dompeling, 's-Gravenhage
• Agatha van Schie, Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland († 1893)
• Anna van Putten, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Alexandre Orys, Etterbeek, Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles, Belgique († 1865)
• Anna Catharina Smeets, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1961)
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• Alida Cornelia van der Roest, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1904)

• Auguste Imhof (0), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aaltje van Koldenhoven 9 (0)
• Anna Maria Jozepha Coonen (0), Echt (L
• Arie Bijl (0), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jans (58), Oene, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonia Heinen (30), Wanneperveen
• Adriaan Marinissen (43), Sint-Laurens,ZL
• Aaltje Sanders (27), Kampen
• Anne Françoise GESRET (46), Sévignac, 22250, France
• Anthonia Heinen (30), Wanneperveen

• 1852 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein († 1913)
• 1854 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theologian († 1938)
• 1854 » Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet († 1900)
• 1855 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense († 1931)
• 1861 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian and scholar († 1927)
• 1861 » Richard Sears, American tennis player († 1943)
• 1863 » Austen Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1867 » Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa († 1963)
• 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)

• 1796 » Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)
• 1799 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)
• 1810 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (b. 1772)
• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)

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 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
• June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
• July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
• September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
• October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

The temperature on October 16, 1863 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.