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• Anna Antonia Fischer, Nijmegen, Nederland
• Aaltje kars, Stadskanaal († 1935)
• Ann McKinnon, Duirinish, Isle of Skye, Scotland († 1923)
• Adrianus Rijsdam, Gemeente Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Heuvelen, Wirdum († 1885)
• Albertina Carolina Anthonia Johanna Valkenhoff, Banjarmasin, Borneo, Nederlands-Indië
• Ann MacKinnon, Waternish, Inverness († 1923)
• Aleida Wilhelmina van Doorn, Epe Gelderland Nederland († 1865)
• Anna Antonia Fischer, Nijmegen
• Aaltje van Heuvel(en), Wirdum gem. Loppersum († 1885)

• Alfred H Montague (0), Missouri
• Anna Elisabeth Schepkens (53), Paal, Limburg, België
• Aleida Tanke (43), Oldenzaal (Overijssel)
• Adriana van Wijk (38), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Gazenbeek (1), Ede
• ANNA MARTHA HEYER (63), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Ariaantje Rijsdijk (35), Nieuw-Beijerland, Nederland
• Albert Peeks (30), Rolde
• Adrianus TROOST Jzn (1), Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Aafke Harms Smit (0), Tjamsweer gem. Appingedam

• 1826 » Frederic Edwin Church, American painter († 1900)
• 1827 » John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer († 1864)
• 1851 » Thomas Dewing, American painter († 1938)
• 1852 » Alice Liddell, English model († 1934)
• 1855 » Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog († 1872)
• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)

• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)

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.
• March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• May 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
• September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
• October 14 » American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.

The temperature on May 4, 1863 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.