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Born on Sunday February 15, 1863
- Aaltje Drost, Nijkerk († 1938)
- Aarjen Jansz Dekker, Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland († 1924)
- Adolphe Joseph VAN COPPENOLLE, Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1951)
- Abram van ANTWERPEN, Sommelsdijk (Middelharnis), NL-ZH († 1939)
- Adriaan de Vries, Dussen († 1863)
- Adriaantje van den Tol, Middelharnis († 1869)
- Alida Maria Duijndam, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)
- Alida Martina Maria van der Loo, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
- Adrianus Wilhelmus KUIJPERS, Zoeterwoude
- Alida Snoek, Willige Langerak († 1944)
Died on Sunday February 15, 1863
- Carolina Ignacia Esterga (54), Willemstad Curacao (NA)
- VREDEVELD (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
- Adriana Elizabeth van der Esch (0), PAPENDRECHT, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham van Rijkevossel (0), Schiedam
- Adrianus Kools (39), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Alice Fauntleroy Boswell (22), Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
- Andries Zuijdgeest (20), Rijswijk, Zuid Holland
- Adrianus Kools (40), Rucphen
- Abraham van Rijkevossel (0), Schiedam
- Adriaan Kools (39), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 15, 1863 at Delpher
Born on February 15
- 1847 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator († 1927)
- 1849 » Rickman Godlee, English surgeon and academic († 1925)
- 1850 » Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, academic and activist († 1922)
- 1851 » Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician, 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs († 1912)
- 1856 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist and academic († 1926)
- 1861 » Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher († 1947)
- 1861 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
- 1861 » Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach († 1937)
- 1873 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
- 1874 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer († 1922)
Died on February 15
- 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
- 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
- 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
- 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
- 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
- 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
- 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
- 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
Names that were popular for boys in 1863
- Jan
- Johannes
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Klaas
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1863
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Grietje
- Wilhelmina
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Antje
- Petronella
- Jacoba
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1863
- 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.
- June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
- June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
- July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
- August 4 » Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
- October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.
- November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
Weather February 15, 1863
The temperature on February 15, 1863 was about -2.2 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.