About the day » Saturday February 28, 1863Calender converter

• Adriana Keulemans, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Riga, Westerwijtwerd, Middelstum,, Groningen, Nederland († 1928)
• Alida Maria Lampe, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Akke Jelles Koopmans, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Gorter, Leek († 1869)
• Albert Schimmel, Wilp (Voorst) († 1912)
• Alida Bronsgeest, Leiden († 1928)
• Amanda Elizabeth Hatcher, Decatur Co, GA († 1949)
• Aaltje Hamminga, harkstede († 1939)
• Adriana Keulemans, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• (50), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Ments Mulder (11), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Neuhard (85)
• Aaldert (Alberts) Aalders van Rein (40), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Alberts Brouwer (67), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Jacobs Kooyinga (2), Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida van Nahuijs (70), Rotterdam
• Maarten van der Wiel (73), Woudrichem
• Albertje Dirks Baarda (45), Lions, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Slaughter (68), Calloway, Kentucky, United States

• 1848 » Arthur Giry, French historian and academic († 1899)
• 1851 » Samuel W. McCall, American journalist and politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts († 1923)
• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)
• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)
• 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
• 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
• 1878 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer († 1929)
• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1882 » José Vasconcelos, Mexican philosopher, lawyer, and politician, Mexican Secretary of Public Education († 1959)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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 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.
• April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
• May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
• October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.

The temperature on February 28, 1863 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.