About the day » Monday January 3, 1763Calender converter

• Daniel Hamilton, Carluke, Lanark, Scotland († 1766)
• Catharina Cools, Ranst
• Frederic Joseph Gerard, Mons, Henegouwen, België
• Dirkje Pieters van der Lelij, Maasland († 1844)
• Geertje Hendriks (Gertje) Vink, Akkerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1814)
• Anna Catharina van Kollenburg, Oirschot
• Gerardus Maas, Ottersum († 1834)
• Elizabeth Chaffee, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
• Derk Denekamp, Voorst, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1768)
• Catharina Swaelen, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgium

• Arien Mulder (57), Den Burg
• Arien Cornelis SCHOUTEN (73), Oostdorp,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Cornelisz Troost
• Degen (75)
• Abraham Cornelisz van der KLUGT (69), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Graman (28), Heemskerk
• Abraham Cornelisz van der Klugt (69), Lisse
• Cornelius van 't Slot (0), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Gesina Conenhermes (3), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Dirck van Stiphout van Stiphout, Erp

• 1722 » Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer († 1752)
• 1731 » Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman († 1792)
• 1760 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler († 1799)
• 1775 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont († 1863)
• 1778 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop († 1861)
• 1793 » Lucretia Mott, American activist († 1880)
• 1802 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician († 1898)
• 1803 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright († 1857)
• 1806 » Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress († 1854)
• 1810 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer († 1897)

• 1656 » Mathieu Molé, French politician (b. 1584)
• 1670 » George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1608)
• 1701 » Louis I, prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
• 1705 » Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1634)
• 1743 » Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
• 1777 » William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751)
• 1779 » Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
• 1785 » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
• 1795 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)
• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
• May 9 » The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
• June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
• August 5 » Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
• September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
• October 7 » King George III issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.

The temperature on January 3, 1763 was about -10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: helder.