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• Aart van As, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Verhoeven, bergen op zoom († 1925)
• Adrianus Mies, Etten
• Aart van As, Huizen, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Fröhlich, Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Elisabeth Fröhlich, Schiedam, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Adriaan Norbart, Made en Drimmelen
• * Jannigje Baas, Sluipwijk, Nederland († 1907)
• Anthonij Zoeter, Bruinisse († 1863)
• Alida Konings, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Boxma (0), Bovensmilde
• Clemens Jacobus van Vierhouten (65), Utrecht
• Aaltjen WIECHERINK (71), Hengelo, 5116, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries van Dam Domburg (49), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina CRIJNS (55), Munsterbilzen, 3740, Bilzen, Limburg, België
• Carl Friedrich Engelbrecht (69)
• August van Scherpenberg (42), Rode Zee
• Christiaan Klaaijsen (54), Aardenburg, Zeeland, NL
• Arien Markus (56), Buurmalsen
• Arnoldus Jacobus de Groot (70), Terheijden

• 1845 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman († 1913)
• 1850 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist († 1936)
• 1855 » Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer († 1932)
• 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
• 1866 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician († 1915)
• 1870 » Harry Vardon, British golfer († 1937)
• 1873 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago († 1933)
• 1874 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian († 1939)
• 1882 » George Barker, American painter († 1965)
• 1882 » Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards († 1967)

• 1850 » Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
• 1850 » Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
• 1861 » Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1864 » John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
• 1889 » William S. Harney, American general (b. 1800)
• 1906 » Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
• 1914 » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
• 1915 » François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1918 » George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)

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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on May 9, 1863 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 22%.