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• Adriana van den Tol, Nieuw Beijerland
• Albert PRIMETT, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1936)
• Aaltjen Staal, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Andries Wilhelmus Kuijpers, Dordrecht,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1864)
• Adriaan Cornelis Broers, Goirle († 1891)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Leeuwen, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
• Anna Catharina Alberda (van Ekenstein), Marum, Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1913)
• Jochems, Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Frank" Arie vander LINDEN, Calumet Township, Cook County, Illinois († 1940)
• Adriaan Cornelis Broers, Goirle († 1891)

• Adriaantje de Kok (4), Sint Philipsland
• Albert Pet (56), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jansdr. van Gemert (50), 's.Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Rademaker (19), Sandebuur (Roden)
• Anna Van GEMERT (50), 's-Gravendeel
• Adam Griffith (79), Brier Creek, Kanawha, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria van Delft (0), Drunen
• Albertina Habersang (34), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje Maan de Kok (4), St. Philipsland
• Wouters (0), Tilburg

• 1845 » George Kennan, American journalist and explorer († 1924)
• 1848 » Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic († 1935)
• 1848 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright († 1917)
• 1856 » Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia († 1920)
• 1866 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager († 1940)
• 1868 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer († 1952)
• 1873 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author († 1908)
• 1876 » G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic († 1962)
• 1878 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss († 1920)
• 1878 » Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator († 1951)

• 1820 » Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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.
• April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
• July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
• September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 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 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 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

The temperature on February 16, 1863 was about 6.8 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.