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• Aaltien Schiphouwer, Bonnen (Gieten) († 1932)
• Agatha Bax, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Berg, Hoorn (Heerde)
• Adriana Laheij, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Berg (Berg), Hoorn, Nederland
• Adriana de Joode, Westbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Branderhorst, Genderen, Nederland
• Broeders, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriana Schagen, Sliedrecht († 1937)
• Aloysius Franciscus Depoortere, Ledegem,8880,West-Vlaanderen,België

• Antonetta Margaretha Pinsard (0), Boxmeer, NB, Nederland
• Christian Brubaker (76)
• Cornelis Koster (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Veldhoen (49), Apeldoorn {GE}
• Cornelis Tol (45), Nieuwenhoorn, 3223, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kairis (88), Sint-Martens-Voeren (B)
• Bastiaantje de Kruijk (0), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Albertus Franciscus Muller (3), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Nijland (52), Wierden
• Anna Maria Christina Vanoirbeek (4), Zepperen, België

• 1845 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist and humanitarian († 1905)
• 1847 » James Anthony Bailey, American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus († 1906)
• 1854 » Victor Babeș, Romanian physician and biologist († 1926)
• 1868 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic († 1921)
• 1871 » Hubert Cecil Booth, English engineer († 1955)
• 1872 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States († 1933)
• 1874 » John McPhee, Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania († 1952)
• 1880 » Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1975)
• 1881 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general († 1968)
• 1883 » Rube Goldberg, American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer († 1970)

• 1826 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1831 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1848 » François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)
• 1854 » Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857 » William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)
• 1881 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)
• 1882 » Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)
• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)

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.
• June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
• 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 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The temperature on July 4, 1863 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.