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• Albertina Alberts Scheer, Blokzijl, Nederland
• Albertus Witsel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Koeleman, Westwoud, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Albertina Scheer, Blokzijl,Steenwijkerland,Overijssel,Nederland
• Adriaantje Wagemaker, St. Philipsland († 1950)
• Aaltje Kelderhuis, Smallingerland
• (Stillborn) Bagerman, Vaassen, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriana Linnebank, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Riemens, Zaamslag († 1897)
• Aaltje Harmens Kelderhuis, Drachten († 1951)

• Adriana Bareman (9), Kruiningen (Zuid-Beveland), Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Wijbrands (Antje Rijns) de Jong (75), Terschelling
• Anna Maria van den BERKMORTEL (44), Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Bouma (35), Koudum Frl
• Adriana van der Linden (41), Dubbeldam
• Aagtje Tempel, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arnold Joseph Fourier (0), Wellen, België
• Adriana Jacoba Molewater (3), Velp (Rheden), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Der LINDEN (41), Dubbeldam
• Arnoldus (Arend) Booms (68), Bergh

• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)
• 1847 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author († 1912)
• 1856 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright († 1909)
• 1860 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France († 1934)
• 1865 » Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer († 1911)
• 1868 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player († 1954)
• 1873 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland († 1950)
• 1881 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1943)
• 1881 » Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author († 1959)

• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)

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.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 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 20, 1863 was about 14.8 °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 76%.