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• Anje Schreiber, Ee, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)
• Afia Hindrika Katarina Wijngaard
• Aalbert Langerak, Jaarsveld († 1864)
• Adriana van OS, Papendrecht
• Afie Hinderika Katharina Wijngaard, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth HANNES, Turnhout B
• Aart Adrianus DRONKERT, Strijen († 1929)
• Adriana Salij, Ridderkerk, Nederland († 1926)
• Alberdina Hinderika Groenewoud, Groningen († 1864)
• Ann RENSHAW, Longdon

• Anna Catharina van Neer (32), Echt
• Alexander Tjallings de Boer (0), Dantumadeel
• Alfred Edward Madden (25), Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Franciscus Hendrikus Gijsberti Hodenpijl (5), Delft
• Bartolina Maquelin (2), Vlissingen, Nederland
• Anna Philomena EVERS (2), Dyersville,Iowa
• Anna den Houdijker (78), Stein, Haastrecht
• Barend Jan Goossens (68), Winterswijk
• Cent Tol (40), Noordzee
• Aldegonda Verhaar (0), Schalkwijk

• 1854 » Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist and academic († 1918)
• 1855 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher († 1936)
• 1856 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1950)
• 1858 » Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer and lawyer († 1943)
• 1863 » Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer († 1948)
• 1865 » Philipp Scheidemann, German journalist and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany († 1939)
• 1865 » Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer († 1910)
• 1874 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor († 1951)
• 1875 » Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic († 1939)
• 1875 » Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1961)

• 1801 » Maximilian Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1756)
• 1863 » Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
• 1867 » Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)

• 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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• January 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on July 26, 1863 was about 15.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.