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• Anna Kailhofer, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1934)
• Albert uit den Bulten, Hattem († 1937)
• Adriana Theodora Wijburg, Utrecht († 1863)
• Anna Cornelia Johanna van Sonsbeeck, Zwolle, Ov., Nederland († 1863)
• Amelia Van Ronse, Snellegem († 1951)
• Alphonse Eligius Odeurs, Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 1960)
• Adrianus Kruithof, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart van Toor, Lopik, Utr, NL († 1930)
• Aart vanderWaal, Ridderkerk, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aart van der van der Waal, Ridderkerk († 1918)

• Anna Elisabeth Lavalle (69), Nieuwenhagen (L) Overl Akte
• Antonius Annanias Wilhelmus HILBERS (1), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Jansen (1), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Hendriks van Dam (1), Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Nieuwenhuis (64), Lochem
• Aaltje JONGERS (29), Den Helder (Noord-Holland)
• Adrianus Volkert van Bremen (8), Beesd West Betuwe (GL)
• Adriana Gerardina Merkx, Heusden
• Anna Maria Berends (44), Heumen (Overasselt)
• Adriaan Smetsers (0), Herpt en Bern

• 1850 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan († 1916)
• 1852 » Friedrich Loeffler, German bacteriologist and academic († 1915)
• 1854 » Eleanor Norcross, American painter († 1923)
• 1856 » Henry Chapman Mercer, American archaeologist and author († 1930)
• 1858 » Hastings Rashdall, English historian, philosopher, and theologian († 1924)
• 1865 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator († 1929)
• 1867 » Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist († 1944)
• 1869 » Prince George of Greece and Denmark († 1957)
• 1872 » Frank Crowninshield, American journalist and art and theatre critic († 1947)
• 1875 » Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic and translator († 1947)

• 1803 » Matthew Thornton, Irish-American judge and politician (b. 1714)
• 1817 » Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1734)
• 1835 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)

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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
• 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.

The temperature on June 24, 1863 was about 28.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%.