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• Aartje Geertruida Rodijk, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje Jacoba van Noord, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham VanderPuy, Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1939)
• Alphonsus Meerschaut, St Maria Oudenhove
• Adriana Maria LEEDE,DE, Maasland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Aalbertus De Man, Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana de Gouw, Zevenbergen
• (l.l.) Groeneveld, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1863)
• Adriana De Lange, Domburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1863)
• Aloysius Selis, Stekene, België († 1945)

• Adriana Catharina Dompeling, 's-Gravenhage
• Albertus v.d. Broek (64), Hilversum
• Abraham Godefrdus de Cocq (37), Rotterdam
• Antonij Eikelkamp (18), Mossel (Vorden)
• Abraham Godefridus de Cocq (36), Rotterdam
• Anna Gesina Arens (29), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Schakelaar (Schakelaer) (1)
• Antje Hopman (70), Zijpe
• Basilius Henricus DE CONTRERAS (72), Ronse,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antje Willemdr Hopman (70), Zijpe, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1848 » Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator († 1911)
• 1849 » Aston Webb, English architect and academic († 1930)
• 1858 » Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor († 1935)
• 1859 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer († 1930)
• 1859 » Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator († 1935)
• 1864 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator († 1931)
• 1868 » Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician († 1934)
• 1874 » Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1959)
• 1876 » Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1879 » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1947)

• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)

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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
• 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.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on May 22, 1863 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.