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• Ada Farmer, Saint Andrew, Jamaica, Caribbean
• Anna Willemina Olsthoorn, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Wilhelmina Olsthoorn, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adriaantje Laban, Haamstede, Zeeland, Nederland († 1872)
• Aagje van der Meijden, Hekelingen
• Aaltje Kranenburg, Nieuwer Amstel († 1896)
• Andries Lablans, Amersfoort
• Alice ELLIMON ELLIOTT, Emporia, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Anna Catharina Verhulst, Merksem († 1869)
• Andreas Eduardus Want, Kieldrecht

• Adrianus Jansz TETTEROO (67), Zegwaard
• Anna Maria Kools (1), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Tetteroo (67), ,, Zegwaart, Nederland
• Anthoinetta Knetsch (35), Voorschoten
• Adam Adriaanse de Lint (57)
• Anna Maria van Hal (9), Liempde
• Alberdina (2) Holtslag (64), Warnsveld (Zutphen)
• Adrianus van larum│vdVoort (0), Noordwijk
• den Dekker, Naaldwijk
• Adrianus Tetteroo (67), Poeldijk

• 1847 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany († 1934)
• 1851 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal and theorist († 1929)
• 1852 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1916)
• 1854 » Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist († 1932)
• 1869 » Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher († 1948)
• 1871 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1871 » Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author († 1959)
• 1873 » Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager († 1963)
• 1873 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1875 » Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist († 1935)

• 1786 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)

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.
• February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.

The temperature on October 2, 1863 was about 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.