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• Adrianus Zwart, Broek (Gouda en Waddinxveen), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1873)
• Anna Cornelia Zagers, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1947)
• Abigael Johanna Goossen, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1863)
• Allegonda Antonia Lauer, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Broen, Nijmegen († 1934)
• Anna Albertina de Bruijn, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 1870)
• Anna Maria van der Meij, Stompwijk († 1938)
• Adrianus de Wildt, Heemskerk († 1943)
• Alphonsus Christianus Laane, Roosendaal,Gemeente Roosendaal,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1918)
• Adriaan van Osch, Goirle († 1922)

• Aaltje van den Akker (78), Noord Waddinxveen
• Anna Maria Theresia De Neef (22), Bonheiden, België
• Catharina Molenkamp, (GL) Arnhem
• Bregtje Jans Wynia (22), Idzega, Friesland, Nederland
• Cecilia Sjoerds Jorritsma (62), Lutjelollum Friesland
• Catherina MOLENKAMP(MEULENKAMP) (61), Arnhem(Geld)
• Caecilia Sjoerds Jorritsma, Franeker
• Abraham Stewart (48), Tippah, Mississippi, United States
• Bregtje Jans Wynia (22), Wymbritseradeel
• Antonie Letsch (0), 's-Gravenhage

• 1856 » Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia († 1929)
• 1860 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland († 1941)
• 1861 » Dorothy Dix, American journalist and author († 1951)
• 1866 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia († 1920)
• 1874 » Clarence Day, American author and poet († 1935)
• 1876 » Victor Hémery, French race car driver († 1950)
• 1880 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall († 1952)
• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)

• 1804 » Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (b. 1733)
• 1814 » William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
• 1830 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
• 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
• 1852 » Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)

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.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
• November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.

The temperature on November 18, 1863 was about 8.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.