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• Alberdina Hogenbirk, Muiden († 1865)
• Aaltje Taekes Halma, Ternaard († 1919)
• Alphonsus Vermeulen, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltje Vogelzang, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1890)
• Aartje van den Broek, Ermelo († 1902)
• Adrianus Walterus van der Maat, Amersfoort († 1948)
• Adrianus van de Avoort, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Johanna van Mourik, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1864)
• Adrianus van de Ven, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Hollenberg, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1905)

• Aart Kooper (0), Middelharnis
• ANNA CAROLINA GEERTS (77), SINAAI,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anna Maria SCHRAUWEN (20), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Albert Jan VERDONK (0), Diepeveen
• Anje van der Molen (40), Kantens
• Adriaan Paans (38), Capelle
• Anne Hatfield (77), Hanwell, Middlesex
• Anna Maria Bakx (57), Bergen op Zoom
• Adrianus Jacobus Drabbe (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann (Twin) JOHNSON (56), Whittington, Staffordshire

• 1841 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician († 1915)
• 1851 » Charles Dow, American journalist and economist († 1902)
• 1854 » John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader († 1932)
• 1861 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball († 1939)
• 1880 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company († 1967)
• 1884 » May Brahe, Australian composer († 1956)
• 1885 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1935)
• 1887 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager († 1946)
• 1897 » Jack O'Connor, English cricketer († 1977)
• 1900 » Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting († 1941)

• 1752 » Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
• 1816 » Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death (b. 1752)
• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)

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.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
• September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
• November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
• 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 6, 1863 was about 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.