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• Radsma († 1940)
• Aalbert Fredrik Karel Jan Lemcke
• Albertus Johannes Houbraken, Bergeijk († 1931)
• Aaltje van den Heuvel, Schelluinen, 4209, Nederland († 1936)
• Albertine Glastra van Loon, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Maria Loggen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1923)
• Abraham van der Sluijs, Poortugaal
• Anna Deters, Bentheimheim († 1953)
• Boelen, Oude Pekela († 1863)
• Anna Cornelia Kirsenstein, Amsterdam († 1864)

• ?? Stolk (0), Rotterdam
• Arend Jan Locht (2), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• (Anna) Elisabeth Bosten (53), Vaals/Vijlen (Limburg)
• Anna Sharps (85)
• Aaltien Hekhuis (76), Noordsleen, Sleen
• Antonia Enzerink (68), Zutphen
• Adrianus van der Poll (1), Montfoort
• Antje van der Naald (0), Niezijl, 9842, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Valckenburg (74), Oss
• Adrianus SCHILT (0), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1851 » Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal and theologian († 1926)
• 1852 » Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer († 1909)
• 1853 » Hussein Kamel of Egypt († 1917)
• 1854 » Pope Benedict XV († 1922)
• 1866 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna († 1914)
• 1866 » Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author († 1900)
• 1870 » Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author († 1936)
• 1870 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician († 1946)
• 1870 » Stanley Jackson, English cricketer and politician († 1947)
• 1876 » Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator († 1939)

• 1844 » Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Yoshida Shōin, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)
• 1861 » Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 » Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)

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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 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 21, 1863 was about 9.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.