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• André Augustin CAMUS, Croix-de-Vie, 85800, France
• Albertus Merk Swanenburg, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1914)
• Aaltje Sjoerdsma, Nes (gem. Ameland) († 1863)
• Alois Eduard Verscheure, Menen
• Aafje Greuter, Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Wijhe, van, Nijmegen Gld. NL († 1863)
• Anna Amelia Fransis, Groot-Gelmen, België († 1951)
• Adrane de Wit, Rotterdam
• Alberta "Allie" Taylor, Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, United States († 1934)
• Alida Johanna Clasina van Bommel, Den Haag († 1903)

• Andriesje Feyes Punter (22), Weststellingwerf
• Annechien Daniëls (50), Anloo,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adriana Arissen (72), Oosterhout
• Aaltje van de Weerd (3), Ede
• "François" Louis Auguste Guyot d'Asnières de Salins (74), Auray, Morbihan, France
• Agatha (Aagje) Gerritsen (67), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Abraham Jacobus Laurens Roos (1), Harderwijk
• Agatha (Aafje) Gerritsen (67), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• (72), Hagestein
• Albertus Jacobus Franciscus d'Aumerie (41), 's-Gravenhage

• 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)

• 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.
• February 17 » A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• 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.
• November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.

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%.