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• A Stillborn Child Vermeulen, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1863)
• Aaltje Zandvoort, Dalerveen, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1863)
• Adrianus Laterveer, Leiden († 1922)
• Annie Weeks, Yealton, Devon, England († 1951)
• Anna Mathilda van Campenhout, Middelburg Zl
• Kortlandt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• * Levenloos kind van de Beld, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, NL († 1863)
• Anna Maria Verkleij, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1886)
• Aart Van De GRIEND, Puttershoek († 1863)
• Aaltje IJzer, Bellingwolde († 1943)

• Adrinaus Hendricus Soomer (71)
• Anne Jelles Jeensma (67), Opsterland
• (m) Roth (0), Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Antonius van GESTEL (73), Geel, 2440, Antwerpen, België
• Adrianus Soomer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schuitvlot (52), Axel
• Anna Maria Brans (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Verbaarendse (4), Bergen op Zoom
• Anje Kraak (28), Ten Boer
• Antonius Loog (0), Schiedam

• 1835 » Lunalilo of Hawaii († 1874)
• 1854 » David Emmanuel, Romanian mathematician and academic († 1941)
• 1865 » Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist († 1940)
• 1865 » Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS († 1951)
• 1868 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1872 » Zane Grey, American author († 1939)
• 1881 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1884 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan († 1955)
• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)

• 1815 » José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)
• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)

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.
• January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• 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.
• 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 31, 1863 was about 7.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.