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• Adriana Maria van Trijen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1942)
• Adriana Johanna Post, Delft (Aktenr, 565, natuurlijke niet erkende dochter) († 1949)
• Anna Adelheid Lübbers, Tinnen, Haren (Ems)
• Alfons Petrus de MILLIANO, Watervliet, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie
• Adrianus Laros, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Annechien Remmelts († 1955)
• Anna Maria Daalman, Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• ANDRIEN JOSEPH GILLARD, LIEGE
• Alphons Spijkers, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Agatha Margaretha Nederpelt, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1929)

• Aleijda Lijzenaar (51), Kilder (Montferland), Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia "Keetje" Gerritsdr van den Berg (69), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Beekman (38), Abcoude-Proostdij
• Aleida Leizenaar (51), Bergh, Nederland
• Adriana de Looijer (0), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne WILLINGTON (2), Melrose, South Australia, Australia
• Anna de Vletter (0), Rotterdam
• Tholen (0), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Cornelia Riemsdijk (44), Ingen
• * Dirkje van der Hammen (1), Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1840 » George C. Magoun, American businessman († 1893)
• 1841 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1917)
• 1845 » Ludwig II of Bavaria († 1886)
• 1850 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1867 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany († 1951)
• 1869 » Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete († 1951)
• 1877 » Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation († 1965)
• 1878 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1882 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland († 1966)
• 1889 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales († 1969)

• 1819 » James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 » William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)

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. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
• 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.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

The temperature on August 25, 1863 was about 16.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.