About the day » Monday February 2, 1863Calender converter

• Adriaan Schout Velthuijs, Vlissingen
• Aaltje BERGGREVE, Elp (Westerbork), Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan Schout Velthuijs, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1920)
• Abrahamina Siervogel, Hoedekenskerke (Borsele), Zeeland, Nederland († 1934)
• Anna Verkleij, Zwammerdam
• Adrianus Schats, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• "Berthe" Françoise Marie de Germay, Troyes, Aube, France († 1901)
• Aleida Brummelkamp, Twello, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1932)
• Alice Luther († 1893)
• Aaltje Brummelkamp, Voorst

• Anna Hommes Edzes (50), Tusschenklappen gem Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthony Balzer (1), Baltimore City, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van Spronsen (0), Wassenaar
• Bernard Franken (1), Ommen
• Aleida Vonderman (68), Ommen
• Anna Heuvelman (0), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Noord)
• Anna Catharina Langeveld (3), Vreeland
• Anna Maria Schlatt-Leiting (46)
• Annetje Schouten (1), Vierhouten (Ermelo)
• Anna van Spronsen (0), Wassenaar

• 1856 » Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate († 1938)
• 1856 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer († 1905)
• 1857 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher († 1918)
• 1860 » Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1915)
• 1861 » Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum († 1949)
• 1862 » Émile Coste, French fencer († 1927)
• 1862 » Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder († 1912)
• 1866 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic († 1927)
• 1873 » Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1956)
• 1873 » Leo Fall, Austrian composer († 1925)

• 1831 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)
• 1881 » Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)
• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)

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 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
• January 26 » American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
• May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• 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.
• October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The temperature on February 2, 1863 was about 6.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.