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• Alfred Wickham Fenton, New Norfolk, Tas Aust († 1941)
• Adriana de Groot, Mijdrecht,Gemeente De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1923)
• Anke Aalmoes, Leek († 1878)
• Albertus van Es, Mijdrecht († 1889)
• Adrianus de Wit, Drunen († 1928)
• Aaltjen Wolters, Brummen († 1932)
• Anna Catharina Linskens, Horst, Limburg, Netherlands († 1864)
• Anna Catharina Linskens, - 09.1.1.3.3.2.1.3.6.9.5.3., Horst, Limburg, Netherlands († 1864)
• Albertus van Brandenburg, Bemmel († 1935)
• Aaltje Alles Allema, Suwald († 1921)

• Albert Woudenberg (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Thijssen van den Brink (87), Weststellingwerf
• Anne Eléonore Pulcherie de MONTMORENCY (86), Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Antonia Maria Louisa Gerardina Dams (51), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Lange (72), Kortgene
• Ane Elisabeth Nielsdatter (42), Levring Sogn, Viborg Amt, Region Midtjylland
• Luite Harmsz Snijder (53), Den Helder
• Adrianus Uijtdehagen (86), Oudenbosch
• Aalbert Radstaak (75), Apeldoorn
• Anne Eléonore Pulchine de Montmorency (87)

• 1856 » Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist († 1915)
• 1857 » Albert Ballin, German businessman († 1918)
• 1858 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet († 1924)
• 1859 » Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager († 1931)
• 1860 » Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States († 1924)
• 1863 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer († 1945)
• 1865 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki († 1926)
• 1866 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer († 1945)
• 1872 » Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher († 1950)
• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)

• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)

• 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 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• 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.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

The temperature on August 15, 1863 was about 30.5 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.