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• Anne Oenes Oost, Appelscha, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1898)
• Aagje Hoogschagen, Den Helder († 1864)
• van de Bilt († 1947)
• Anna Portengen, Weesperkarspel († 1888)
• Alfred Dennis Paquette, Mandeville, Lanaudiere Region, Quebec, Canada († 1916)
• Aalt van Beek, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Vermeulen, Dordrecht († 1931)
• Adriana den Breejen, Hardinxveld († 1943)
• Alieda Nout, Ravenswaaij († 1944)
• Abraham Trommel, Moordrecht († 1952)

• Adriana van HAL (0), Rucphen,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Anna Maria Jonkergouw (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Gregorius Storm (84), Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County) (New York)
• Adrianus van Gestel (76)
• Adrianus van Gestel (76), Chaam (NL)
• Anna Elisabeth Geertruida van der Drift (36), Vlaardingen,Gemeente Vlaardingen,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Catharina HOOYBERGHS (74), Mol Belgie
• Abraham M Swartz (60), Thompson, Delaware, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Willemina Stam (0), Benschop, Utrecht, NL
• An Jacobs Valk (35), Koudum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1853 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist († 1919)
• 1853 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1917)
• 1856 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1858 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator († 1924)
• 1862 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager († 1956)
• 1865 » Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player († 1945)
• 1868 » Jaan Tõnisson, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)
• 1869 » Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic († 1931)
• 1869 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright († 1935)
• 1872 » Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist († 1961)

• 1828 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
• 1853 » Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)

• 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 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
• March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• 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.
• November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

The temperature on December 22, 1863 was about 5.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.