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• Antje Appel, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Ann Glen FYFE, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Schotland, Schotland († 1865)
• Anna Wetter, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Anna (Antje) Borst, Woubrugge, ZH, Nederland († 1934)
• Adriana van Boekhoven, Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Antoinette Sanders, Arnhem
• Andrew Jackson Dick, Jefferson Twp, Williams, OH († 1863)
• Aart Van Ginkel, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Antonius van den Berg, Bredevoort
• Adriana Maria Kieboom, De werken en Sleeuwijk

• Agnes Bethune Dingwall ** (57), Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
• Adriana Maria Groenewegen (0), Naaldwijk
• Hanekamp- (0)
• Catharina Eijkmans, Wesel, Duitsland
• Antje van Vliet (0), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Antonia Willemina van BEUSICHEM (63), Buren (Gld.)
• Anna Christina MEYER (88), Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Bastiaantje Elizabeth van der Leer (40), Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Adriana van der Helm (0), Nootdorp
• Anna Cornelia Bosch (1), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1843 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York († 1910)
• 1844 » Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet († 1929)
• 1857 » Sandford Schultz, English cricketer († 1937)
• 1861 » Byron G. Harlan, American singer († 1936)
• 1862 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia († 1928)
• 1862 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1871 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator († 1962)
• 1876 » Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics († 1958)
• 1876 » Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea († 1949)

• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)

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 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
• July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.

The temperature on August 29, 1863 was about 21.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.