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• Adriaantje Tjerks van der Wal, Gerkesklooster († 1942)
• Adriaantje van Pelt, Abbenbroek († 1868)
• Adriana Schellekens, Gilze en Rijen († 1888)
• Alois Hoorelbeke, Esen († 1909)
• Adriaantje HERWEIJER, Strijen
• Alfred Porter Hadden, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States († 1890)
• Adriaantje van Pelt, Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1868)
• Alfredo Marques da Costa Soares, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1865)
• Anke Dijkstra, Assen
• Anna Maria Francina de Ruiter, Haarlem († 1921)

• Anna Maria Cornelia Theresia de Kuyper (54), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Arie Vreugdenhil (1), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Schellart (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Alfred Westcott (55), Bedford, Westchester, NY
• Alfred Wilhelm Leopold August Ballin (7), Paramaribo
• Adrianus Hofmans (71), Vught
• Adriana Zaaijer (63), Lienden
• Anna Maria Cornelia Theresia de Kuiper (54), Den Haag
• Antje Zander (27), Den Helder (Den Helder) (Noord-Holland)
• Aaltje GROENENBERG (0), Dordrecht

• 1846 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author († 1935)
• 1854 » Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet († 1888)
• 1860 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist († 1938)
• 1864 » Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist († 1958)
• 1867 » Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator († 1911)
• 1875 » Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist († 1966)
• 1877 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager († 1952)
• 1879 » Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts († 1968)
• 1880 » Billy Wedlock, English footballer († 1965)
• 1880 » Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1940)

• 1818 » Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
• 1841 » Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1792)
• 1857 » Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1835)
• 1879 » Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)

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.
• February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
• May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• 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.

The temperature on October 28, 1863 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.