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• Alida Maria de Bats, Pekalongan (Jawa Tengah)
• Aaltjen Kaatman (Raatman), Brummen († 1942)
• Anna Catharina Kwestroo, Leiden († 1866)
• Adolphus Barbaix, Gent (B) († 1926)
• Anna HILLEN, Horn
• Anna Mechteldis Aben, Echt, Netherlands
• Adrianus HITZERT, Zuid-Beijerland († 1864)
• Amatus Cornelius Leuridan, Oostvleteren, West Vlaanderen, België († 1901)
• Adrianus van der Linden, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Lamberdina Maria Huberta de Wijs, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Beeltien ARONIUS (87), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Abraham KEIJMEL (4), Groede
• Albert Jansz Goosen (53), Vollenhove, ov.nld
• Albert Jansen Goosem (53), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Caspar Laheije (65), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Goosem* (53), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Caroline SMITH (35)
• Anna Maria Schillings (30), Tongeren (B)
• Albert Jansz. Goosen (53), Steenwijkerland, Vollenhoven, OV, Nederland
• Adriaan de Kraker (52), Axel, Zeeland, NL

• 1858 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman († 1903)
• 1861 » Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 1909)
• 1861 » Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian († 1918)
• 1862 » Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher († 1930)
• 1868 » Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina († 1942)
• 1874 » John Ellis, English executioner († 1932)
• 1876 » Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist († 1960)
• 1877 » Razor Smith, English cricketer († 1946)
• 1879 » Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer († 1948)
• 1880 » Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. († 1946)

• 1827 » Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1851 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)

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.
• January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• 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.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
• September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on October 4, 1863 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.