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• , Blankenberge, W. Vl., Belgi († 1894)
• Albert Jan Tromop, Diepenveen († 1925)
• Andries Lablans, Amersfoort
• Anna Wilhelmina Olsthoorn, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adèle PANNEAU, Seiches-sur-le-Loir, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• ADRIANA BOOT, NUMANSDORP († 1947)
• Anna Catharina Verhulst, Merksem († 1869)
• Aagje van der Meijden, Hekelingen
• Alice ELLIMON ELLIOTT, Emporia, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Aagje van der Meijden, Hekelingen, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• - van Baarle (0), Vrijenban
• Boymers (0), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Yperen (62), Delfshaven (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Cornelis de Boer (54), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta KNETSCH (35), Voorschoten
• Adrianus Tetteroo (67), ,, Zegwaart, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kools (1), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Klomp, Martinus (77), Vlijmen
• Adrianus Tetteroo (67), Poeldijk
• Anna Maria van Hal (9), Liempde

• 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.
• January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
• 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: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
• September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.

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%.