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• Albert Jan Veltman, Lutten († 1952)
• Hendrik Verheij, Vlaardingen
• Anna van der Meer, Ter Aar
• Aalbert Hijwegen, Barneveld († 1930)
• Agnieta Dorothea LUKAS, Delft († 1933)
• Aaltje Heeren, Rijnsaterwoude († 1911)
• Anna Gertrudis Catharina Coninx, Heer en Keer
• Aaltje Luchies, Hoogeveen († 1929)
• Andrew Jackson, Hutchesontown, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland († 1920)
• Angenieta Dorothea Lucas, Delft († 1933)

• Adrianus Kanis (3), Strijen, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van den Hurk (70), Jutphaas (U)
• Cornelis Rommens (85), Kalmthout
• Anna Wirtjes (51), Heemen
• Antonetta Maria Dorothea Mol (0), Zevenbergen (Moerdijk) (Noord-Brabant)
• Cornelis van Bemmel (74), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Douwe Jans van der Meer (49), Giekerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bouwe van der Meulen (60), Sint Jacobiparochie
• Benjamin Walsh (0), Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada
• Aaltje Zuetenhof (0), Voorst

• 1840 » Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch bishop and missionary († 1900)
• 1856 » Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, American heiress († 1921)
• 1862 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author († 1911)
• 1869 » William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author († 1963)
• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)

• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)

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.
• April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
• September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
• November 26 » United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
• 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 21, 1863 was about 16.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.