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• Albina Augusta McDonald, DeKalb Co., IN († 1937)
• Aafje de VRIES, Enkhuizen (Noord-Holland) († 1863)
• Albert Andries Evenhuis, Groningen († 1863)
• Andrew Joseph Renner, Shelby Co., IL († 1930)
• Aaltje Vos, Nijkerk
• Aaltje Bijl, Oudorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1931)
• Albert Potgeter, Veldhausen, Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1945)
• Anna Catharina - To Segers, Maaseik-Aldeneik, Belgium († 1941)
• Aloysius Deseck, Hooglede,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1863)
• Achillus Camillus Peellaert, Mariakerke

• Anna Maria Bos of ten Buren (73), Hengelo
• Anna Theresia Verbeke (52), Zerkegem, Jabbeke, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Barend Pietersz van Engelsdorp Gastelaars (76), Hellevoetsluis
• Anna Catharina Huijs (78)
• Aldert Harmens BAKHUIS (59), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Arnoldus de Vos (2), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aldegonda Maria van Esch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• barend pietersz GASTELAARS (76), hellevoetsluis
• Allegonda Maria van Esch (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Kraijenbrink (90), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)
• 1864 » Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author († 1928)
• 1869 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire († 1960)
• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)

• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)

• 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 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.
• June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
• June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
• July 4 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
• September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 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.

The temperature on January 4, 1863 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.