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• Albertus Franciscus AARTS, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1893)
• Anna Catharina van Velthoven, Zeelst, Nederland
• Allegonda Louisa van Rooij, Chaam
• Saat, Huissen
• Anna BOLHUIS, Woltersum, Groningen, Nederland († 1906)
• Aaltje Pot, Zwolle (Ov ) († 1886)
• Amelie (Amalia) Pappenheim, Frankfurt am Main (DLD) († 1939)
• Afonso Henrique Vieira de Resende, Sereno, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1934)
• Alberta Hulst, 's-Heerenberg († 1863)
• KAGIE, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Arend Piers van der Sloot (68), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Zieverink (6), Lochem
• Catharina van Reusel (51), Tilburg, Nederland
• Antje van der Burg (27), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André LARDINOIS (65), Sint-Martens-Voeren, 73109, Limburg, Belgique
• Aridina Hendrikzn de Bruin (83), Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Dyckmans (77), Lier, België
• Carolina Louisa Heil (0), Beverwijk
• (w) Glöser (0), Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg
• Barend Klaase Steenhuisen (30), Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1848 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector († 1929)
• 1858 » Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress († 1924)
• 1862 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player († 1902)
• 1863 » Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer († 1935)
• 1865 » Gustave Loiseau, French painter († 1935)
• 1866 » Josephine Sabel, American singer & comedian († 1945)
• 1867 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter († 1947)
• 1869 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast († 1942)
• 1875 » Dr. Atl, Mexican painter († 1964)
• 1879 » Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer († 1938)

• 1833 » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
• 1838 » Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)

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.
• June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• 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).
• September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
• November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.

The temperature on October 3, 1863 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.