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• Albin Michel Nicolas Paul Juliens, Ponorogo, Indonesië
• Adrianus Sonneveld, Delfshaven († 1927)
• Amalia Maria Héléna Crolla, Maastricht († 1937)
• Alfons (Alphons) De Vos, Elst († 1909)
• Amalia Maria Helena Crolla, -Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Maria Celina Cuitte, Kortijs
• Adriana Boer, Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Eliza Truman, Ohio Co., Ky († 1946)
• anna VISSER, barendrecht
• Alida Adriana Jacoba Wijngaarden van, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Arnoldus Johannes Muller (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Tuijl (43)
• Arie Rutten van Ingen (69), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna van der VLIET (73), Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Antuma (33), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Dam van (0), Zwijndrecht, ZH, Nederland
• Antonie van Lent (86), Lienden, Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Cuvelier (62), Groede
• Anna Christiaansdr Meijer (75), Overveen, Bloemendaal, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Anne Marie MULLER (73), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)

• 1846 » Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1915)
• 1855 » John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company († 1926)
• 1857 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist († 1936)
• 1862 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic († 1943)
• 1862 » Frank Shuman, American inventor and engineer († 1918)
• 1872 » Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament († 1957)
• 1872 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1876 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1878 » Rutland Boughton, English composer († 1960)
• 1880 » Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician († 1967)

• 1810 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1820 » Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
• 1833 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
• 1837 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1866 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)

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 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
• May 14 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

The temperature on January 23, 1863 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.