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• Alida RUSKE, Zeist (Utrecht) (NL)
• Antonie van Breugel, Loon op Zand
• Antonius Josephus van der Heiden, Weert, Limburg, Niederlande († 1864)
• Adrianus Vermaas, Strijen († 1931)
• Anna Elisabeth Achter, Neusustrum, Sustrum, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Albert Brink, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1880)
• Antonie Swart, Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Catharina Mast, SMILDE, Drenthe, Nederland († 1868)
• Adriaan GRIFFIJN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna, Maria van Hugten, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1864)

• Berend Pieters Coldeweyer (25), Wyckel
• Aldegonda PELKMANS (54), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldegondis Pelkmans (54), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hoefnagels (68), Valkenswaard
• Anthonie Garretsen (0), Oegstgeest
• Anthonie VAN WIJK (0), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anthonie van Wijk (0), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Burwell R. Osborne (64), Randolph County, Missouri
• Catharina Bragt van (77), Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje Rietveld (73), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1842 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer († 1891)
• 1856 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate († 1924)
• 1865 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter († 1925)
• 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
• 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
• 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
• 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)

• 1859 » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (b. 1800)
• 1872 » James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1808)
• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)

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: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.

The temperature on December 28, 1863 was about -0.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.