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• Anna Maria Wahlen, Höhen/Jork, Stade, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Anna Clara Mellen, Aldekerk (Dld)
• Alberdina de Wilde, Delfzijl († 1868)
• Adam Veenhof, Veenhof, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland († 1864)
• STARREVELD, Rotterdam († 1863)
• Anna Gerdina van Osnabrugge, Tull en 't Waal
• Aaltje van der Wiel, Kralingen († 1863)
• Aaltjen de Weerdt, Hattem († 1946)
• Aaltje Kooijman, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1943)
• Andries Willem Van Taak b2c1d1e6f6, Doornrivier († 1895)

• Anke Ypes Veldstra (62), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Schreuder (24), Hillegom
• Anne Sauvageot (77), Bussières, 21580, France
• Adrianus Hendriks Bakker (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Hanselman (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Arnoldsz de Vette (73), Maasland
• Arie ten Brink (0), Nigtevecht
• Alsinus Andrews
• Anna Jacobina MASSELINK (31), Beugen en Rijkevoort
• Adrianus (Arend) de Vette (73), Maasland, ZH, Nederland

• 1844 » Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer († 1937)
• 1860 » Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic († 1952)
• 1865 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School († 1967)
• 1867 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist († 1934)
• 1875 » Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever († 1997)
• 1878 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader († 1973)
• 1881 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer († 1945)
• 1885 » Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright († 1957)
• 1887 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War († 1945)
• 1888 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright († 1965)

• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)

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 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
• July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• October 26 » The Football Association is founded.

The temperature on February 21, 1863 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.