About the day » Thursday July 16, 1863Calender converter

• Abraham Verhulst, Westkapelle
• Adriana Schrijver, Goes († 1892)
• Bakker, Elsen, gemeente Markelo († 1863)
• Albertus Johannes van de Flier, Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Arend Hus, Katwijk aan Zee
• Anna Frederick FRICK († 1936)
• Arie van Weelden, Haaften, Gelderland, Nederland († 1943)
• Aaltjen Kreuzen, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Maria Swinkels
• Antonia van den Ende, Zierikzee,Zeeland,Nederland

• "José Rafael" Fadrique Fernández de Híjar (87), Madrid
• Cornelius Van den Broek (26), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Agnes van BEBBER (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• dieuwertje de boer (68), haarlemmermeer
• Antonie Jansen (65), Ommerschans
• Berber Ypkes Landstra (24), Hidaard, Littenseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bernardus Olink (48), Oele, Overijssel, Nederland
• Eleanor Belt Addison, Washington, District of Columbia
• Aagje Germentdr Speets (5), Hoorn, Nederland
• Catharina de Bode (0), Gouderak

• 1858 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1931)
• 1862 » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist († 1931)
• 1863 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland († 1910)
• 1870 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar († 1956)
• 1871 » John Maxwell, American golfer († 1906)
• 1872 » Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland († 1949)
• 1872 » Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer († 1928)
• 1880 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author († 1966)
• 1882 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge († 1937)
• 1883 » Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter († 1965)

• 1796 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)

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 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
• July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• 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.

The temperature on July 16, 1863 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%.