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• Abraham Anthonie Gorsel, van, St. Maartensdijk gem. Tholen Zld. NL († 1864)
• Aaltje van der Werf, Smilde, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Helena Tegelaers, Weert (Stramproy) (Limburg) († 1938)
• van Loo, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriana van Waas, Gouda († 1864)
• Annigje Elzerman, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1949)
• Alphonse Léonard PAYARD, Lyon,69000,Rhône,Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Aaltje van der Werf, Smilde († 1937)
• Adriana WAAS, van, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Alida Christina 't Hart, Moerkapelle,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aike Luth (5), Vlagtwedde
• Anna Pot (57), Oude Pekela
• Adrianus Korporaal (0), Nieuw Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adam Tod ?**** (86), Scotland
• Andries Johannes Harm de Kock (50), Fauriesmith
• Apollonia Den Hollander (50), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Antoon Zuithoff (63), Angerlo-Zevenaar
• Aike Luth (5), Laude Sellingen Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Antonius Puts (1)
• Aaltje Fikse (Willems) (65), Oldebroek

• 1851 » Henry Carter Adams, American economist and academic († 1921)
• 1855 » Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet and scholar († 1912)
• 1857 » King Kelly, American baseball player and manager († 1894)
• 1860 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco († 1937)
• 1864 » Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1869 » Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor († 1954)
• 1872 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver († 1956)
• 1873 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education († 1936)
• 1874 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon († 1937)
• 1877 » Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author († 1967)

• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

• 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 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
• April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• 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 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

The temperature on December 31, 1863 was about -3.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.