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• Anna Maria Catharina Buijs, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1875)
• Alida Sytzes van Koningsveld, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Jans van Zaane, Zaandam († 1935)
• Anna Catharina Klugkist, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1868)
• Arend ten Velde, Terwolde, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1864)
• Andries Stelling, linschoten († 1935)
• Arie de Vreugd, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Kleijne, Middelburg († 1863)
• Heemskerk, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Eggermont, Boschkapelle

• Anna Maria Van Rickstal (43), Mechelen
• Adrianus Permentier (78), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus van Geffen (63), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angelina Van Genechten (5), Tongerlo, 3960, België
• Kleijne (0), Middelburg
• Anna Maria van der Eerden (66), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Arie Fokkers (27), Gouda
• bernardine joseph doyen (84), pietrain
• Annamaria van der Eerden (66), Sint Michielsgestel
• 1st Lt. Joseph McKissick Porter (22), Gettysburg, PA

• 1849 » Maria Theresa of Austria-Este († 1919)
• 1862 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1942)
• 1865 » Lily Braun, German author and publicist († 1916)
• 1869 » Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author († 1950)
• 1876 » Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1933)
• 1877 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
• 1877 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") († 1939)
• 1881 » Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician († 1929)
• 1884 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author († 1931)

• 1833 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
• 1843 » Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)
• 1850 » Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 » Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

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 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
• May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.

The temperature on July 2, 1863 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.