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• adriaantje NIEMANSVERDRIET, katendrecht
• Adolf Eugenius Pechler, Kalinatie pekalongan
• Adriaantje Niemantsverdriet, Katendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• -levenloos- dochter(2) van Joannes (*1810) Harink, Aselo (Ambt Delden) († 1863)
• Agatha Adriana Slotemaker, Cats
• Aaltje Scholtens, Zuidveld (Vlagtwedde) († 1936)
• Alice Emily Tomlinson, Grange Hill, Westmoreland, Jamaica († 1946)
• Aaltje Alberts SCHOLTENS, Zuidveld (Vlagtwedde) Groningen Netherlands († 1936)
• Alexandre Joseph JACOB, Gibecq, Henegouwen, België
• Aartje Birkhoff

• (1) Antonia (Theunisje) Gerritsdr Spil (51), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• -levenloos- dochter(2) van Joannes (*1810) Harink (0), Aselo (Ambt Delden)
• Anna Hes (71), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonne Jans BIJMHOLT (19), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Vos (76), Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• Antje Folkerts Wadman (57), Tietjerksteradeel
• Antoinetta Johanna van den Berg (55), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Vos Adriana Petronella (76), Wortel, Antwerpen, België
• Catharina HOGEWONING (80), Rijnsburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anje van Weelderen (25), Nieuweschans (gem. Oldambt)

• 1857 » M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist († 1935)
• 1860 » Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer († 1931)
• 1860 » William Corless Mills, American historian and curator († 1928)
• 1866 » Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar († 1957)
• 1870 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright († 1938)
• 1870 » Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman († 1929)
• 1873 » Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist († 1960)
• 1873 » Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint († 1897)
• 1878 » Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society († 1970)
• 1884 » Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education († 1973)

• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

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.
• June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on January 2, 1863 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.