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• Adriaan Groot, Broek in Waterland († 1863)
• * Johannes Bruijstens, Hedikhuizen († 1948)
• Albertus (= Albert = Bert ) van Zuuk 9, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Agatha Clasina de Koning, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Aaltje Rook, Avereest († 1863)
• Adriana Johanna van der Stap († 1865)
• Aagje Bertoen, Noordwijk-Binnen († 1896)
• Amanda Brice Lee, DUE WEST, SOUTH CAROLINA († 1908)
• Adriaan Knijn, Wijde Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• Ambrosina de Arruda Alves, Tietê, São Paulo, Brasil

• Aaltje Harms Musch (4), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana J van Vlokhoven (24), Gestel,Eindhoven,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna van der Veldt (33), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Larkens (0), Bierum, Holwierde
• Adriana Johanna van Vlokhoven (24), Gestel en Blaarthem
• Aaltje Sjoerds Speerstra (24), Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andrew Towers (59), Jackson, Jackson, Iowa, United States
• Arends Seinen, Hollandscheveld
• Arend van Laar (71)
• Anna Catharina Heeskens (1), Roggel, Limburg, Nederland

• 1856 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic († 1910)
• 1858 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher († 1917)
• 1861 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright († 1929)
• 1863 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator († 1914)
• 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
• 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
• 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
• 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
• 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)

• 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)

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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
• 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 April 15, 1863 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.