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• Adrianus Hermanus Hengeveld, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angenita Wilhelmina VAN KUIJK, Rotterdam († 1891)
• Koster, Pernis († 1863)
• Alettinus Branderhorst, De Werken, Nederland († 1863)
• Alle Annes Annema, Opsterland
• Dirk van Lit, Geldermalsen († 1918)
• Alexandra Helen Miller, Dorchester, Dorset, England
• Albertus Hendrikus Planken, LEERBROEK (Vijfheerenlanden), Utrecht, Nederland
• Alfred M Hoyt, New York
• (1) Angenita Wilhelmina van Kuijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1891)

• Anna Maria van den Elsen (71), Erp,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Aaltje Have (0), irns en Bakhuizen, Gaasteland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anastasia Verschueren, Kieldrecht
• Aaltje ten Have (0), Mirns en Bakhuizen
• Adriaan Jacobus JUIN (32), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• adriaan TIMMERS (86), Rotterdam
• Arthur Ernest Broughton (0), Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
• Albert Struik (36), Deventer
• Anna Catharina Sauvé (79), Asten
• Adriana (Jeanne) Genet (85), Moergestel

• 1848 » Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright († 1921)
• 1849 » Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright († 1926)
• 1862 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist († 1942)
• 1865 » Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician († 1949)
• 1868 » Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons († 1927)
• 1871 » Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany († 1925)
• 1872 » Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist († 1903)
• 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
• 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
• 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)

• 1799 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)

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.
• February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• 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 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
• September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
• November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
• December 16 » American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

The temperature on February 4, 1863 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.