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• Anna Cornelia Engel, Hillegersberg († 1866)
• Leonardus Schilmeijer, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Anna Filomena Amelia Somers, Rumst
• Alexander Drees, Eschmarke († 1866)
• Anna Dix Fletcher, Massachusetts, United States
• Albertus Witteveen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1865)
• Adriana van der Toorn, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1943)
• Aleida Maria Brugmans, Valburg († 1902)
• Aaltje Pascal, Weststellingwerf († 1866)
• Anna Bakker, Zaandam († 1925)

• Verwaal (0), Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Carl Heinrich Quellhorst (7), Dunkhorst, Scheeel, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
• Anne Catharine Warrens (60), Boschkapelle
• Anna Maria Boekestijn (1), De Lier
• Adriaan van Duuren (76), Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonie Verhoeven (1), De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Pieterse van Duuren (76), Stavenisse
• Andries Hansma (0)
• Annigje Seijdell (1), Hoogeveen nederland
• Amy Mexted (0), Johnsonville, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

• 1848 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1930)
• 1857 » Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and inventor († 1934)
• 1865 » Jac. P. Thijsse, Dutch botanist and conservationist († 1945)
• 1866 » Frederick Blackman, English physiologist and academic († 1947)
• 1867 » Alexander Rummler, American painter († 1959)
• 1867 » Max Dauthendey, German author and painter († 1918)
• 1869 » Platon, Estonian bishop and saint († 1919)
• 1870 » Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator († 1966)
• 1875 » Jim Corbett, Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author († 1955)
• 1878 » Masaharu Anesaki, Japanese philosopher and scholar († 1949)

• 1794 » André Chénier, Greek-French poet and author (b. 1762)
• 1794 » Jean-Antoine Roucher, French poet and author (b. 1745)
• 1826 » Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and publisher (b. 1795)
• 1831 » Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1789)
• 1834 » Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1842 » Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766)
• 1843 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
• 1861 » Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
• 1865 » James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1887 » John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)

• 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.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
• July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on July 25, 1863 was about 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.