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• , Bruges, Belgium
• Adrianus de Waal, Woensdrecht
• Afke Althuisius, Woudsend (Wymbritseradeel) († 1950)
• Aart Schalkwijk, Soest (UT, NLD) († 1942)
• Daniëls, Aarle-Rixtel, Nbr.NL († 1930)
• Aaltje Visser, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel († 1885)
• Langenberg, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1863)
• Alphonse FISCHMEISTER, Wittelsheim, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1864)
• Albert Sydney Devenish (Rev.), Adelaide, South Australia, Commonwealth of Australia († 1947)
• Anne de Boer, Tzummarum († 1867)

• Andrieas Goemathar (37), Oldenzaal
• Adriana Kappen (41), Berlicum
• Anna Maria Hubertina Heuts (3), Heer,6227,Maastricht,Limburg,Nederland
• Adriana Klinkenberg (39), den haag
• Aldegonda Elisabeth van der Zanden (0), Mierlo
• Alida Smit (0)
• Adriaan de Brevet (0), Sint Anna ter Muiden
• Aaltje Altena (77), Anerveen, Overijssel, NederlandNld
• Anna Maria Coumans (54), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Jansen Roos (64), Besthmen, Ambt Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1852 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1928)
• 1855 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec († 1920)
• 1856 » Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor († 1924)
• 1857 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician († 1919)
• 1862 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator († 1925)
• 1866 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada († 1941)
• 1869 » Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor († 1957)
• 1875 » Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director († 1926)
• 1880 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic († 1956)
• 1882 » Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop († 1963)

• 1814 » Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
• 1836 » Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
• 1869 » Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
• 1870 » Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (b. 1782)
• 1870 » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
• 1874 » François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (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.
• January 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• 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.
• October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

The temperature on September 12, 1863 was about 11.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.