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• Aafje de Vries, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Aafje de VRIES, Enkhuizen (Noord-Holland) († 1863)
• Aart Schuiteman, Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1934)
• Adriaan Cornelis Knulst, Tholen (Sint Maartensdijk) (Zeeland)
• Aaltje Bijl, Oudorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Maria Buziau, London, St. George Hanover S
• Alfred Sachs († 1940)
• Adriana Magdalena Spek, Oldebroek
• * Anna Buschman, Noordwijkerhout († 1902)
• Anna Catharina SEGERS, Maaseik,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1941)

• Anna Maria Catharine Huijs (78), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• aartje KRAAIJENBRINK (90), schiedam
• Abraham Sonneveld (67), Rozenburg
• Aldert Harmens BAKHUIS (59), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Aartje Kraijenbrink (90), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustin Franciscus Dumortier (57), Kortrijk, Belgium
• Barend Gastelaar (76), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Gijzels (86), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barend Pietersz van Engelsdorp Gastelaars (76), Hellevoetsluis
• Abram Samuelsz Sonneveld (67), Rozenburg

• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)
• 1864 » Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author († 1928)
• 1869 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire († 1960)
• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)

• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)

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.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
• July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
• August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
• November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

The temperature on January 4, 1863 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.