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• Aafje Greuter, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Wijhe, van, Nijmegen Gld. NL († 1863)
• Aldegondis Cuypers, Hoeselt († 1918)
• Leonard Becker, bardenberg († 1863)
• Adriaan van der Stelt, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1933)
• Adrianus Wetering, Gorinchem († 1933)
• Aaltje Sjoerdsma, Ameland († 1863)
• Adriaan Prins de Baat, Sliedrecht († 1934)
• Hoogcarspel, Binnenwijzend
• Bokma, Franekeradeel († 1863)

• Christiaan Herman Thonus (0), Gorinchem 5
• (72), Hagestein
• Adah Sophia ALLEN (0), Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
• Albertus Jacobus Franciscus d’Aumerie (41), Scheveningen,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands,huis Nieuw-Plantlust
• Bokma (0), Franekeradeel
• Albertus Jacobus Franciscus d'AUMERIE (41), Scheveningen (2586 ), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna, Christina Dieudonné (77), Oirsbeek, Limburg, Netherlands
• Albertus Jacobus Franciscus d'Aumerie (41), 's-Gravenhage
• Agatha (Aagje) Gerritsen (67), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Adriana Suiker (2), Poortugaal

• 1853 » Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer († 1921)
• 1855 » Hubert Bland, English businessman († 1914)
• 1861 » Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player († 1899)
• 1861 » William Renshaw, English tennis player († 1904)
• 1862 » Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland († 1939)
• 1865 » Henry Lytton, English actor († 1936)
• 1870 » Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author († 1946)
• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic († 1960)

• 1826 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)

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.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
• October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on January 3, 1863 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.