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• Arend Hepkes Gjaltema, Surhuisterveen († 1933)
• Adriaan Johannes van Vliet, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Anna Muurling, (FR) IJlst
• Albert Loomans, Alto, Fond du Lac County (WI, USA) († 1863)
• Aartje de Graaf, Giessen-Nieuwkerk († 1956)
• Antje Spaans, Avenhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
• Alberta v.Leinigen, unbekannt († 1901)
• Arend Dreeuws, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1903)
• Anna HALSEMA, Kloosterburen,Gemeente De Marne,Groningen,Netherlands († 1921)
• Aaltje Tip, Steenwijkerwold († 1947)

• Adriaan van Gool (67), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Van Looy (37), Grobbendonk
• Adriaan van de Ven (73), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Bruno Gatto (70), Lago, Cosenza, Calabria, Italie
• Antje Berkhout (34), Midwoud
• Adriana Maria Cools, Baarle-Nassau
• Bernardus Pets (5), Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen
• Asa L. Thompson (25), Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria Kools (63), Baarle Nassau
• Cathrina van den Broek (65), Halsteren

• 1856 » Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1857 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1943)
• 1857 » Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuelan general and politician, 27th President of Venezuela († 1935)
• 1860 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1860 » Princess Charlotte of Prussia († 1919)
• 1864 » Frank Wedekind, German actor and playwright († 1918)
• 1867 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author († 1940)
• 1867 » Fred Tate, English cricketer and coach († 1943)
• 1867 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet († 1908)
• 1874 » Oswald Chambers, Scottish minister and author († 1917)

• 1768 » Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684)
• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)

• 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.
• April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
• November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
• 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.
• November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

The temperature on July 24, 1863 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.