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• Albert Moesker, Hoogezand († 1931)
• Aart DONKER, Hellouw (gemeente Haaften) (Gld.) († 1950)
• Anna M. Stump
• Albert Kamphuis, Groningen († 1865)
• Albert Kamphuis, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1865)
• Adrianus Warmerdam, Hillegom († 1935)
• Aart van Driel, Ridderkerk, Nederland († 1864)
• Ana Maria Nogueira da Silva Carrão, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Andries Theodorus Eduard Vroom, Amsterdam († 1931)
• Anna Margaretha Beerlink, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 1864)

• Alida van den Akker (76), Waddinxveen {ZH}
• Adrianus (Adriaan Petrus) Driessen (62), Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Age Johannes Snoek (38), Wirdum
• Adrianus Driesen (62), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Hexspoor (85), Oudheusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Oostvoorn (12), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Krieger (65), Breda, Nederland
• Anthonius van 't Hof (72), Alkmaar
• Aleida Rohaan (3), enter
• Adrianus Hexspoor (Hekspoor) (84), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1851 » Graciano López Jaena, Filipino journalist († 1896)
• 1856 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1940)
• 1860 » Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer († 1908)
• 1861 » Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic († 1924)
• 1863 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria († 1914)
• 1867 » Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder († 1941)
• 1869 » Edward Willis Redfield, American painter and educator († 1965)
• 1870 » Saki, British short story writer († 1916)
• 1873 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1875 » Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower († 1941)

• 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
• 1864 » José Justo Corro, Mexican politician and president, (1836-1837) (b. 1794)
• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)

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 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
• July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
• August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
• September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
• 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.

The temperature on December 18, 1863 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.