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• Adriana van Erkelens, Gorinchem († 1938)
• Adriaantje Groenendijk, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien STOEL, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland († 1916)
• Aart Balkenende, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriana van Herkelens, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Graaf Zileri dal Verme degli Obbizi, Brunnsee, Steiermark († 1937)
• Alijda Maria Boskamp, Culemborg († 1919)
• Aleida, Catharina van Engelenburg, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1937)
• Alida de Wildt, Hagestein († 1888)
• Aart van Stempvoort, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1951)

• Beertje van Dalen (38), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Booke Dirks van der Veen (3), Garijp, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Boot (75), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustin VERHAUWEN (26), Vurste,9890,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrien Joseph DOUMONT (61), Ham-Sur-Sambre, 5190, Namur, Belgique
• Adriana IJzermans (0), Rucphen
• Antje Iwema (52), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
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• Anna Katharina Sprundel van (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolphina Frederika Rijkschroeff (1), Haroekoe, Indonesië

• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)
• 1851 » Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist († 1924)
• 1860 » David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician († 1916)
• 1862 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist († 1956)
• 1863 » Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer († 1918)
• 1865 » Ferdinand I of Romania († 1927)
• 1872 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist († 1956)
• 1884 » Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright († 1933)
• 1887 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player († 1974)

• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)

• 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 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.
• May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
• May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
• 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 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

The temperature on August 24, 1863 was about 19.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.