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• Aleida Theodora Gerritsen, Gendringen, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Diederike Mathilde Röfer, Schlüte bei Berne, Oldenburg, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
• Anna Rijks, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 1893)
• Aaldrik Engelkes Abbas, Wymeer, Ostfriesland, Germany († 1897)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Lezer, Rotterdam († 1938)
• Dirk van Lit, Geldermalsen († 1918)
• Angenita Wilhelmina van Kuijk, Rotterdam († 1891)
• (1) Angenita Wilhelmina van Kuijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1891)
• Adriana Houmes, Oostkapelle, Zeeland, NL († 1864)
• Adriana Baan, Hillegersberg

• Aldegonde Stevens (72), Gelinden, België
• Albert ten Brink (0), Kampen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Roosendaal (42), Enkhuizen
• Anastasia Verschueren, Kieldrecht
• (w) Wagener (0), Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Adriana GENET (85), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Struik (36), Deventer
• Aaltje Groothuis (5), Enschede, Nederland
• Aaltje Have (0), irns en Bakhuizen, Gaasteland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan TIMMERS (86), Rotterdam

• 1848 » Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright († 1921)
• 1849 » Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright († 1926)
• 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)
• 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)
• 1868 » Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons († 1927)
• 1871 » Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany († 1925)
• 1872 » Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist († 1903)
• 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
• 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
• 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)

• 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)

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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• July 26 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.

The temperature on February 4, 1863 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.