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• Adriana Maria van Vliet, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Abraham Henry Kindig Landes
• Antje Cornelissen van der Ley, Sint Annaparochie, Friesland, Nederland († 1929)
• Antje Jansen, Utrecht
• Anna Maria Schulte, Lathen, Emsland
• * Lucas Wolfgangus Frederik Wilhelm Külman, Groningen († 1910)
• Anna Maria Sogelee, Klimmen († 1941)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van van der Hoorn, Ter Aar (Pulmot) († 1863)
• Adrianus Wilhelm Kuijpers
• Aaltje Boonstra, Hijkersmilde, Smilde († 1865)

• Aalbert Staal (1), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annetje Hendriks Mosterd (82), Hierden
• Adrianus Hopman (32), een schip
• AMALIA VAN VLIERBERGHE (58), SINT-GILLIS-WAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Aart Bartus Bos (51), Kedichem
• Adriaan Joosse Overbeek (63), Poortvliet
• Anna Regina Schuyten (82), Testelt
• Anna Catharina Hendriks(1) Bron (2), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aplonia Marijs, Rithem
• Jean Jacques Serrij (5), Rotterdam

• 1847 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel († 1918)
• 1852 » C. Lloyd Morgan, English zoologist and psychologist († 1936)
• 1852 » Vasily Safonov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1918)
• 1861 » Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist and academic († 1953)
• 1864 » John Henry Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and author († 1933)
• 1866 » Karl Sapper, German linguist and explorer († 1945)
• 1872 » Robert Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge († 1940)
• 1874 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math († 1937)
• 1875 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general († 1915)
• 1876 » Henry Blogg, English fisherman and sailor († 1954)

• 1804 » Joseph Priestley, English chemist and theologian (b. 1733)
• 1807 » John Reid, Scottish general (b. 1721)
• 1833 » Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1762)
• 1834 » Richard Lemon Lander, English explorer (b. 1804)
• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
• 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

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.
• August 17 » American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
• August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
• November 19 » American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The temperature on February 6, 1863 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.