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• Albertus Wittenberg, Arnhem, Provincie Gelderland
• Aldina Mentz, Amsterdam
• Adriana Albertina Maria SEELBACH, Rotterdam († 1910)
• Andries Top, Warfhuizen (Gem. Leens)
• Aaffiena Alberdina Bosscher, Veendam
• Alida ten Dam, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Steenbec(k)kers, Alem, NL († 1941)
• Aart Molenaar, Rhoon († 1865)
• Akke VAN DER ZEE, Westhem(Friesland) († 1922)
• aagje WOLS, klaaswaal († 1905)

• Slokkers, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Aelst (67), Zichem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie
• Anna Elisabeth van Buel (69), Eersel
• Anke Jetzes De Witte (68), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Geel (61), Wouw
• Anna Gertrudis Meurs (77), Klimmen
• Keizer (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Geertrui de Jong (0), Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan LIEFTINK (66), Borculo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Christina Rodenhuis (56), Ooststellingwerf, Nederland

• 1835 » Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio († 1915)
• 1854 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of War († 1934)
• 1857 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic († 1932)
• 1866 » Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist († 1912)
• 1868 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic († 1918)
• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)

• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)

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.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States 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.
• 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.
• October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
• November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on November 17, 1863 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.