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• Albert Brinkmann, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems) († 1932)
• Albert August Wilhem ELLMANN, Germany († 1949)
• Anna Judith Florax, Merkelbeek
• Anna Elisabeth CRYNS CRIJNS, Bocholt (B) († 1947)
• Anna Catharina Maes, Wuustwezel, België
• Aaltjen Bosman, Gendringen (Breedenbroek) († 1882)
• Anna Gezina Boelhouwers, Zevenbergen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1928)
• Anna Adriana Van Rossem, Rotterdam († 1944)
• van de Vrede, Zaamslag
• Adriaan Spapens, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)

• Barbara Tetteroo (45), Hof van Delft
• Barbara TETTEROO (45), Vrijenban,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Broer Westra (0), Dokkum, Nederland
• Aegidius De Kenne (75), Bottelare, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Carolina Elisabeth van der Geugten (15), Semarang
• Almira Chesebrough (59), or near Onarga, Iroquois County, IL
• Catharina Matthijsens (70), Antwerpen, België
• Bartholina Brugge (2), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Charles Louis Beauprez (0), Klerken
• Carolina Elisabeth Van Der Geugten (15), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie

• 1852 » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg († 1912)
• 1854 » Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1858 » Ethel Smyth, English composer († 1944)
• 1860 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress († 1916)
• 1870 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of Soviet Russia († 1924)
• 1872 » Princess Margaret of Prussia († 1954)
• 1873 » Ellen Glasgow, American author († 1945)
• 1876 » Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler and strongman († 1920)
• 1876 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)

• 1821 » Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
• 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)

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 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
• January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on April 22, 1863 was about 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.