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• Amalia Gallo, Solesino, Veneto, Italië
• Anthonie Cornelia Stolk, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Aaltje de Jager, Ermelo († 1889)
• Adriaan de Vos, Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alice BAXTER, Lowestofft, Suffolk, ENGLAND († 1930)
• Anna Catharina HALBERSTADT, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Abraham Roest, Vierpolders († 1931)
• Anna Paulowna Schaap, Delft
• Adrianus Hubertus den Ouden († 1912)
• Aleida Krabbe, Lonneker († 1916)

• Cornelia Bijl (0), Piershil, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Boon (0), Sloten
• Arie van der Vlist (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Cornelia Jacobs (84), Rotterdam
• Arend MEINDERS (0), Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
• Abraham Faas (0), Hoofdplaat, Zeeland, NL
• Anna (Johanna) Frankrijker (67), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Asenath Sophronia WELBORN (0)
• Cornelia De Bruijn (77), Alphen en Riel
• Cornelis Schuermans (0), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1852 » Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Argentina († 1933)
• 1854 » George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak († 1933)
• 1855 » Ned Hanlan, Canadian rower, academic, and businessman († 1908)
• 1857 » George E. Ohr, American potter († 1918)
• 1861 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist, composer, and educator († 1906)
• 1863 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist († 1933)
• 1863 » Paul Drude, German physicist and academic († 1906)
• 1868 » Stefan George, German poet and translator († 1933)
• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)

• 1804 » Alexander Hamilton, American general, economist, and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)

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 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
• January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
• July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

The temperature on July 12, 1863 was about 23.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.