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• Adrianus van Deursen, Rhoon,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1863)
• Agnes Maria Kroft, Ter Aar, ZUI, Nederland
• Anna Maria Lemmens, Strucht († 1944)
• Adrianus van Deuzen, Rhoon († 1863)
• Anna Catharina Croux, Hoeselt, Limburg, België
• Anna Maria Theresia WILLEMS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Ulberget Andersdatter, Hemstadeie, Stange, Hedmark, Norway († 1931)
• Albertine Eylenburg, Pleschen, Wlkp., Poland
• Adriana Louise WIJBELINGH, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Maria Petronella Agatha POELL, Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands († 1922)

• Antonius Hubertus Duijsens (0), Wolfhaag, Vaals
• Alida Adriana Pieterman (0), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriana van Dijk (91), Overschie
• Ariaantje Dirks Eijk van der (91), Overschie
• adriana dirksdr van der EIJK (91), overschie
• Anna Andries van Riel (66), Loon op Zand, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Petronella Vosbergen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Graaf (48), Scherpenisse
• (n.n.) Huijgen (0), Herwijnen
• Adriana Dirkse van Eijk (91), Overschie

• 1840 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber († 1921)
• 1847 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver († 1903)
• 1848 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant († 1882)
• 1848 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic († 1907)
• 1852 » Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan († 1919)
• 1866 » Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1963)
• 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)

• 1807 » Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)

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.
• May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
• July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
• July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
• July 18 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Wagner: One of the first formal African American military units, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.
• September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
• October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The temperature on February 5, 1863 was about 5.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.