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• Alexandre Isidore Baudry, Santrauges, 18240, France
• Annigje Stoter, Hoogeveen († 1899)
• Alphonsius Van de Walle, Drongen
• Anna Gertrudis Schröders, Susteren († 1899)
• Age Larooi, Harlingen († 1869)
• Adriana Smaal, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Marie SCHLAEFFLIN, Illfurth, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1868)
• Adriaan Schipper, Kapelle (Zld)
• Adolphus Meert, Koewacht († 1934)
• Aaltjen Keizer, Lonneker († 1954)

• Aaltje Bokking (75), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Pelow Tally (0), Owen Co., Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Andreï Mikhailovich Galitzine (71)
• Johanna Hellenthal (46), Zwolle
• Adriana Maria van Iersel, Udenhout
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Roggekamp (1), Delfshaven
• Adriaantje Boender (71), Nieuw-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Herman Mulders (1), Dieden
• Anna Fritze (1), ,, Delft, Nederland
• Aletta EIJNDHOVEN (88), Utrecht

• 1851 » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California († 1908)
• 1852 » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer († 1934)
• 1854 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator († 1924)
• 1855 » Francis Bellamy, American minister and author († 1931)
• 1862 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy († 1948)
• 1867 » Minakata Kumagusu, Japanese author, biologist, naturalist and ethnologist († 1941)
• 1868 » Nicholas II of Russia († 1918)
• 1869 » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress († 1937)
• 1871 » Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower († 1922)
• 1872 » Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)

• 1844 » Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)
• 1853 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)

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.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
• June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
• October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on May 18, 1863 was about 13.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.