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• Bouke Bokkes de Vries, Nijega († 1940)
• Adriaantje Stolk, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Aartjen Gerritjen Westerink, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1935)
• Anna Maria Catharina SEGERS, Retie,2470,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Sophia Frenken, Posterholt, Roerdalen
• Alida Klasina van Kooten, Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arend Dekker, Maasland († 1947)
• Alida Anna Maria ♀ Roos, Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Nederland) († 1867)
• Alvina Kuehn, Germany († 1946)
• Abraham Kraaijenbrink, Vierpolders, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)

• Antje Neij (10)
• Adrianus Stooker (23), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Flens (12), Den Helder
• Amelia MUNTERS (0), Stokrooie, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Antjen Huiberts (Aartje) van Nerijnen (60), Vaassen (gem. Epe)
• Berendina Hendrina HANENBERG (33), Arnhem, 1163, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Abrams Krol (68), Sappemeer, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aafke Ites Poelma (65), Mensingeweer, Groningen, Nederland
• August Jacob Wilhelm Vogt (67), Kassel
• Alexander Vaughn (36), Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1837 » Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada († 1886)
• 1839 » Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive († 1916)
• 1853 » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic († 1920)
• 1868 » Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright († 1944)
• 1870 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player († 1939)
• 1871 » Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1879 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1960)
• 1882 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset († 1949)
• 1888 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)

• 1845 » Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
• 1878 » Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)

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 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• 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.
• January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
• June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
• September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
• 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 17, 1863 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.