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• Abraham Tholens, Hoek († 1931)
• ADRIANUS SONNEVELD, DELFSHAVEN († 1927)
• Aafke Brouwers, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna, Willemen, Alphen en Riel († 1863)
• Amalia Maria Helena Crolla, -Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1937)
• Albin Michel Nicolas Paul Jullens, Ponorogo
• Andreas OVERHOFF, Einecke-Schwefe/Soest (D) († 1900)
• Agatha de Lange, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Amalia Maria Héléna Crolla, Maastricht († 1937)
• Agnès FOLTZ, Sentheim, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1944)

• Anna MEIJER (75), Alkemade
• Anna Meijer (75), Alkemade
• Anna Katharina Flick (69), Krümmel (Dld)
• Arie van Ingen (70), Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Arie Rutten van Ingen (69), Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertje Antuma (33), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Beerens (42)
• Alphonse Tetreau-dit Ducharme (69), St-Janvier, Weedon, Wolfe, Quebec
• Antonie van Lent (86), Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ceuppens (62), Rillaar

• 1846 » Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1915)
• 1855 » John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company († 1926)
• 1857 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist († 1936)
• 1862 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic († 1943)
• 1862 » Frank Shuman, American inventor and engineer († 1918)
• 1872 » Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament († 1957)
• 1872 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic († 1946)
• 1876 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1954)
• 1878 » Rutland Boughton, English composer († 1960)
• 1880 » Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician († 1967)

• 1810 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1820 » Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
• 1833 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
• 1837 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1866 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)

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.
• April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• 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.
• June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
• August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
• November 18 » King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
• November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.

The temperature on January 23, 1863 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.