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• Albert von Gudenus († 1941)
• Adriaantje van Dijk, Oudenhoorn († 1864)
• Aeisse Wirtjes, Weenermoor, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1931)
• Adriaantje van Dijk, Oudenhoorn, Hellevloetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Adriana Pijnenburg, Tilburg († 1937)
• Anna Catharina Christ, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1899)
• Anna Cathrina Christ, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1899)
• Adalbert Joseph Vrijheer van Gudenus, Gad (Fodorhausen), Banat, Roemenië († 1941)
• Anna Margaretha TEEUWEN, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Adriana Elich, Bergen op Zoom

• Anna Maria Kerff (2), Vaals, Gemeente Vaals, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Aletta Vendrig (0), Linschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Heindrina van Dijk (0), Heenvliet
• Anna Heindrina van Dijk (0), Heenvliet, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Arie Cornelisz van Egmond│dsluis (43), Haarlemmermeer
• Baron Gijsbert Jan Anne Adolph van PALLANDT (80), Sassenheim, 6244, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Anna Wilhelmina Wilhelmina Smissaert (23), Amsterdam
• Antje Biersteker (51), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Tamis Groot (80), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Mechtilda van Ingen (0), Arnhem

• 1854 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods († 1914)
• 1860 » Frank Eaton, American marshal and author († 1958)
• 1865 » Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman († 1912)
• 1869 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil († 1957)
• 1871 » Guillermo Kahlo, German-Mexican photographer († 1941)
• 1873 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior († 1962)
• 1873 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1942)
• 1874 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art († 1948)
• 1874 » Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1875 » H.B. Warner, English actor († 1958)

• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)

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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• 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.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on October 26, 1863 was about 9.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.