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• Adrianus Biest, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Maria - Maria Hake, Tweede Exloërmond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1932)
• Adam Sluis, Martenshoek († 1937)
• Aleida VERVELD, Lonneker (Overijssel, The Netherlands) († 1950)
• Anne Houdel, Meppel († 1867)
• Aart Borrias, Avezaath († 1925)
• Albertus Jacobus Wegh, Wageningen († 1940)
• Anna Maria Hake, Exloërveen († 1932)
• Anna Maria Willekens, Lommel († 1864)
• Anna Maria (Johann Bernard Book) Hake, Exloërveen († 1932)

• Arend Karstensz de Dood (72), Steenwijk
• (1) Maria Anna Lau (45), Ursem, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Barbara Norberta Mutsaars (2), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth VREYS (40), Mol
• Adrianus van Elsackers (71), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Absalom Ury (31), Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States of America
• Hemert (0), Veenhuizen (Norg), North Holland
• Alida GAUTIER (61), Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Winden (0), Pijnacker
• Adrianus Braat (77), Rucphen

• 1858 » Eben Sumner Draper, American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts († 1914)
• 1861 » Omar Bundy, American general († 1940)
• 1861 » Pete Browning, American baseball player († 1905)
• 1863 » Charles Michael, duke of Mecklenburg († 1934)
• 1865 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native American physician († 1915)
• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author († 1922)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)
• 1871 » James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist († 1938)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)

• 1797 » Mohammad Khan Qajar, Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
• 1813 » Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

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 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
• May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
• May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
• October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on June 17, 1863 was about 16.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.