About the day » Tuesday August 11, 1863Calender converter

• Albert Steenbergen, Avereest († 1949)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Zwolle († 1944)
• Aartje Bartsd Wink, Vlist en Bornepas, zh.nld
• van Leeuwen, Rijnsaterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Farinaux, Den Helder († 1863)
• Aaltje Nijenhuis, Steenwijkerwold († 1871)
• "Franz" Karl Ferdinand Maria von Magnis, Eckersdorf, Allemagne († 1935)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Helena Berkhout, Den Haag († 1868)
• Albert Jacobs Dobbe, Middelstum
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van Leeuwen, Rijnsaterwoude († 1863)

• Aaltje Jans Zuurling, Beerta, province of Groningen
• Anna Christina (Bernard Joseph Mecklenborg) Tholen (76), Lindloh, Haren, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Abraham Pieter Kasseband (0), Goes
• Bregman (0), Voorschoten, Nederland
• * Frederik Hendrikus (1) Rosbag (2), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje Jozefs Lieben (42), Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands
• Allegonda Voss, Ottersum, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Douwes Lautenbach (46), Burum, Nederland
• Anna "Christina" THOLEN (76), Lindloh
• Arnolda (Aartje) de Ridder (79), lexmond

• 1855 » John Hodges, Australian cricketer († 1933)
• 1858 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
• 1860 » Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player († 1939)
• 1870 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer († 1912)
• 1874 » Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg († 1953)
• 1877 » Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge († 1954)
• 1878 » Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author († 1955)
• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)

• 1813 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)

• 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.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• 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.
• August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.

The temperature on August 11, 1863 was about 18.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.