About the day » Monday January 26, 1863Calender converter

• Andr Ferdinand Guillaume del MARMOL, Ensival,Province de Liege,Walloon Region,Belgi († 1948)
• Aloysius Antonius van Migro, Boom, Antwerpen, België († 1866)
• Zwaaneveld, Gouda († 1863)
• Jacobs, Beerzel
• Adriana Jasperse, Oost-West Souburg, The Netherlands († 1914)
• Adriana Maria Hapers, Baarle-Hertog (België)
• Adrianus PAIJMANS, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Abraham Frederik Bol, Vuren,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1863)
• adriana Joanna Korteweg, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)
• aaltje BOENDER, klaaswaal

• Bouke Zwijghuizen (7), Oldenzijl, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Barbera Spiering (69), Heerewaarden
• Aaltje Tjeerds Abbring (75), Workum
• Adriana Abrahamse van Oeveren (82), Sint-Annaland
• Anna Maria van Logten (40), Alem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Elisabeth Maria Nanning (1)
• Anna Maria Koervers (75), Wittem (Eijs)
• Agatha Jacoba Honig (5), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus VAN EENAEME (35), Gent,9000,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aafke Sjoerds Lettinga (25), Oosterbierum

• 1842 » François Coppée, French poet and author († 1908)
• 1852 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer († 1905)
• 1857 » 12th Dalai Lama († 1875)
• 1861 » Louis Anquetin, French painter († 1932)
• 1864 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist († 1934)
• 1866 » John Cady, American golfer († 1933)
• 1877 » Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter († 1968)
• 1878 » Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach († 1948)
• 1880 » Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)

• 1849 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)
• 1855 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)
• 1860 » Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)

• 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 1 » American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
• January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• August 15 » The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• 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 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.

The temperature on January 26, 1863 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.