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• Álvaro de Figueroa, Madrid († 1950)
• Adriaan Bil, Kerkwerve († 1941)
• Adam Kalf, Veen († 1865)
• Aaltje Feenstra, Blija († 1933)
• Annetje Jans Koster, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1938)
• Annetje Koster, Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1938)
• Alvaro van Figueroa Graaf van Romanones, Madrid († 1950)
• Aaltje Cornelisse, Amersfoort
• adriaantje van PELT, westmaas († 1937)
• Antje Schreur, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland

• Alexandre-Charles d'Anhalt-Bernbourg (58)
• Anna Catharina Hendricks (80), Onderbanken (Schinveld) (Limburg)
• Alexander Karl von Anhalt-Bernburg (58), Hoym
• Alexander Karl VON ANHALT-BERNBURG (58), Hoym Saxony-Anhalt Germany
• Albert Jansen, (51), Ottersum, Limburg, Niederlande
• Aant van der Meulen (4), Wonseradeel Friesland
• Alexander Karl herzog von Anhalt-Bernburg (58)
• Aart van Kampen (0), Loon op Zand
• Alexander Karel Prins van Anhalt-Bernburg (58)
• Alvin Clark (62), Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten

• 1846 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1906)
• 1848 » Gustave Caillebotte, French painter and engineer († 1894)
• 1849 » Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian politician and diplomat († 1910)
• 1858 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist († 1934)
• 1870 » Bernard Baruch, American businessman and philanthropist († 1965)
• 1871 » Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company († 1948)
• 1872 » Albert C. Campbell, American popular music singer († 1947)
• 1873 » Fred Stone, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1878 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines († 1944)
• 1881 » George Enescu, Romanian violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor († 1955)

• 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
• 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
• January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• 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.
• September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.

The temperature on August 19, 1863 was about 14.0 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.