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• Zaman, Waasmunster, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1863)
• Albert Hakvoort († 1946)
• Adrianus van den Assem, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1864)
• Adriana Verboom, Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland († 1863)
• Abraham Willem van Campen, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nl († 1930)
• Aafje Stroomer, Zijpe († 1863)
• Kamstra, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1863)
• Adrianus Horsten, Wortel, Antwerpen, België († 1919)
• Aagje Hartgrink, Leiderdorp, ZH, Nederland
• Alberdina Brouwers, Lieshout († 1936)

• Adam (Atham) Hansman (76), Lunteren
• Arnoldus Lammerts Ernst (51), Rinsumageest, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ary Addisson (62), Bruinisse
• Adriaan Ketting (4), Sint-Annaland, Nederland
• Kamstra (0), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Heijnst (5), Wijnbergen (Bergh) (GL)
• Anna de Bruijn (71), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Steyn (9), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Johannesz Addisson (62), Bruinisse
• Anne Johannes Pijpker (58), De Wilp, Marum

• 1842 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic († 1901)
• 1848 » Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor and academic († 1907)
• 1852 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1923)
• 1863 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer († 1930)
• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)
• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
• 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)
• 1888 » Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer, outside right († 1949)

• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
• 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.
• May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
• 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.
• July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
• 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 March 1, 1863 was about 8.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.