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• Abraham du Fossé, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aaltje Mulderij, Apeldoorn († 1921)
• ...Antje Janssen Eilerts, W. Großefehn († 1955)
• Adrianus Johannes Breurkes, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Anna Haarsma, Workum († 1942)
• Adriana Haak, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1868)
• Anna Geertruida Wassink, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1939)
• Albertina Alida van Ommeren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta van Bemmel, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1863)
• Arie Beekelaar, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1874)

• Angenita de Vrede (51), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Jans Loorbach- (76), Muntendam, Nederland
• Aaltje Hennipman (21), Hilversum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Jans Loorbach, Lohrbach (76), Anloo, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Sleijster (2), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Stoop (65), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Joseph DEBELLE (51), Marche-Lez-Ecaussinnes,7190,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Willemina Zevenbergen (19), IJsselmonde
• Apolonia van Drielen (0), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Kohl (61), Kelmis (La Calamine), 4720, België

• 1853 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1927)
• 1858 » Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1923)
• 1858 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician († 1927)
• 1859 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China († 1916)
• 1861 » Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor († 1947)
• 1866 » Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1927)
• 1870 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician († 1958)
• 1875 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney († 1971)
• 1876 » Marvin Hart, American boxer († 1931)
• 1877 » Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors († 1937)

• 1819 » John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
• 1824 » Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
• 1843 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
• 1845 » Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)
• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• 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: 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 16, 1863 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.