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• Anna Clasina Scheffelaar Klots, Gouda
• Agnes Konen, Landkreis Düsseldorf, Hamm, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Alida Wilhelmina Groenenbergh, van, Scheemda († 1945)
• Anna Maria Grootsen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Andries Koster, Irnsum, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)
• Alexandrina Maria Amelia Verbruggen, Geel, 2440, België
• Abraham Nicolaas Lussenburg, Rotterdam
• Abraham Lincoln Harbaugh, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1865)
• Abraham Milhado, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alexander Ros, Aardenburg († 1945)

• Adriaantje van der Schee (0), Poortugaal
• Albert Libbes de Boer (48)
• Anna Helena Schulte (22), Lahterfähre
• Anna Catharina Hoenen (54), Hinsbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Alfred ROUX (0), Battrans, 70054, Haute Saône, Franche-Comté, France
• Bastiaan in 't Veld (73), nieuw-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Anna, Catharina Hoenen (54), Hinsbeck (Dld)
• Albert Liebbes de Boer (48), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bakker (33), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• (l.l.) de Wit (0), Vlissingen

• 1859 » Horace Hutchinson, English golfer († 1932)
• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)

• 1818 » Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)

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 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
• October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
• 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 May 16, 1863 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.