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• Adrianus Anthonius van Gestel, Tilburg († 1883)
• Adriaan van Gils, Zevenbergen
• Anna Stunnenberg, Heteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1941)
• Alice Cleek, Kingston, Caldwell, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Aaltje Bijl, Oudorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Aaltjen Haverkamp, Harderwijk († 1923)
• Anna Maria Krokke, IJzendijke († 1863)
• Aaltje Harmensd van der Molen, Oldetrijne, weststellingwerf.fr.nld
• Adriana Magdalena Spek, Oldebroek
• Anna Buschman, ,, Noordwijkerhout, Nederland († 1902)

• Adriana Jacoba van den Heuvel (65), Veere
• Barend Pietersz van Engelsdorp Gastelaars (76), Hellevoetsluis
• Barend Gastelaars (76), Hellevoetsluis, Nederland
• Adriana Vogel (7), Zierikzee
• Aldert Harmens Bakhuis (58), Munnekezijl, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Huijs (78)
• Aartje Kraijenbrink (90), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend VAN ENGELSDORP GASTELAARS (76), Hellevoetsluis
• Anna Catharina Huijs (78), Maasbree
• Abraham Sonneveld (67), Rozenburg

• 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)

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. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• 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 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
• April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
• June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
• August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
• October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.

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%.