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• Albert Rispens, Kollum (gem. Kollummerland en Nieuwkruisland)
• Adrianus Zeelenberg, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Abraham Wittenius Potappel, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland († 1949)
• Albert - Roelofs de Vries, Warga {FR}
• Aart de Waard, Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Maria Johanna Krebbeks, Nieuw-Vossemeer († 1938)
• Aaltje van der Bijl, Zijpe
• Adriaan Wouter de Visser, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1863)
• Annechien Koning, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1918)
• Anna Maria Kostermans, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland

• Calvin Washington Seale (31), Oklahoma, United States
• Catherina Bennink (61), Noorddijk, gemeente Berkelland
• Baukjen Ennes Koopmans (40), Franekeradeel, Fr, The Netherlands
• Christina (Stijntje) Schuurink (72), Stad, Vollenhove
• Clara Louisa Kist (64), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Adriana Bitter (Better) (67), Utrecht, Nederland
• Annetje Deukeren, Purmerend
• Christoffel Jacobsz Treffers (74), Drongelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van Bennekom, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Lijten (0), Tongelre (Noord-Brabant, NLD)

• 1851 » Anna Laurens Dawes, American author and suffragist († 1938)
• 1852 » Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator († 1908)
• 1863 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal († 1932)
• 1867 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria († 1919)
• 1868 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist († 1935)
• 1869 » Arthur Rostron, English captain († 1940)
• 1872 » Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal († 1961)
• 1878 » J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)

• 1847 » Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)

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. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
• 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.

The temperature on May 14, 1863 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.