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• Adrianus van Grondelle, Heusden, Nederland († 1863)
• Adriana Johanna Bakker, Schiedam
• Aarn Sytzes KOOISTRA, Tytsjerk Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus Gout, Nijmegen († 1864)
• Aaldijk, Streefkerk Zhl. Nederland († 1863)
• Albert Wekx, Blerick, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aaltje Nijkamp, Rijssen († 1863)
• Adrianus Gout, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1864)
• Abraham Hengeveld
• Adriana Winkels, ,, Oude-Tonge, Nederland († 1863)

• Catharina Ulden van (0), Leiden
• Anton Wijnand Steven Eskes (6), Zutphen
• Abraham Roelse (0), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Kloss (77)
• Ambrosius de Vries (1), den Helder, prov. Noord Holland
• Aafke Jans Beiboer (46), Kollumerland
• Aloisius Wilhelmus Grimm (25), Oldenzaal
• Antje Derks Hazenberg (43), Nuis gem. Marum
• Barend, Hendriks Zwart (50), Nes Ameland (friesland)
• Arnoud de Jongh (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1850 » Kate Chopin, American author († 1904)
• 1860 » Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist († 1937)
• 1866 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic († 1947)
• 1876 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter († 1907)
• 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
• 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
• 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
• 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

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. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
• July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
• July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
• September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

The temperature on February 8, 1863 was about 5.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.